On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 11:08, Robert Nichols wrote: > 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]# Any other ideas why cron is not working correctly? Thanks, James
