James Pifer wrote:
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]#
That's normal. The job of the anacron daemon is to run jobs that were
missed while the system was shut down. See the manpage for anacron,
paying particular attention to the line:
"When there are no more jobs to be run, Anacron exits."
--
Bob Nichols rnichols42@xxxxxxxxxxx
