I rebuilt one of my systems last week using FC3 and somehow I broke anacron or crontab. It hasn't run since Jan 20th according to what is in root's mailbox. I think the problem is anacron. I can't seem to get it running, or at least keep it running. It says it starts, but then when I look at the processes, it isn't running. The problem is I don't see anything in any logs about problems with it. Does anacron write logs to messages? What's the best way to troubleshoot it? My /etc/crontab HAD this in it: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly 00 01 * * * root /root/mythtvdbbackup 00 03 * * * root /root/backupvideos 35 * * * * root /root/mythlink.sh Now it has this: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly Permissions on it are: [root@mythtv etc]# ls -l crontab -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 254 Jan 24 09:22 crontab Here's what I get when I try to start it. [root@mythtv etc]# service anacron start Starting anacron: [ OK ] [root@mythtv etc]# service anacron status anacron is stopped [root@mythtv etc]# Any help is appreciated. Thanks, James
