On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 16:07 -0500, James Pifer wrote: > 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. > > > You should have root aliased to your regular user so it is easy to monitor roots mail. > > > 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? > > > anacron is not a continuously running service. what do you get if you run " # ps aux | grep cron " ? Mine gives [jeff@goliath ~]$ ps aux | grep cron root 4266 0.0 0.1 4444 812 ? Ss 00:58 0:00 crond That indicates crond is running as the service anacron is a run once-per-boot service per the man page. > > > > 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 You have removed the lines for your mythtv installation. They can be put back if the files are in /root as the paths indicate. > > > > > > > > > Permissions on it are: > > > [root@mythtv etc]# ls -l crontab > > > -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 254 Jan 24 09:22 crontab The permissions by default are [jeff@goliath ~]$ ls -l /etc/crontab -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Sep 20 16:58 /etc/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]# > crond and anacron are different. The cron service is crond. Use man cron and man anacron to see the difference in their functions. > Any other ideas why cron is not working correctly? > > Thanks, > James >
