Cron Issues
Mike McGrath
mmcgrath at iesabroad.org
Wed Oct 26 15:05:06 UTC 2005
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kaplan, Andrew H.
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:53 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: RE: Cron Issues
>
> Hi there --
>
> I went through the /var/log/messages and checked root's mail,
> and there was nothing to indicate a problem. I verified that
> crond was running.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike McGrath
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:42 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: RE: Cron Issues
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:27 AM
> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > Subject: RE: Cron Issues
> >
> > Hi there --
> >
> > There isn't an error message per se, it just appears that
> the cron job
> > was not executed. The user running the job is root.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike McGrath
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:18 AM
> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > Subject: RE: Cron Issues
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> > Kaplan, Andrew H.
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:38 AM
> > > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > > Subject: Cron Issues
> > >
> > > I noticed that on several nights one of the scheduled cron
> > jobs on one
> > > of our Fedora Core 4 systems did not run. I was able to
> run the job
> > > manually. This appears to have just happened, and it
> appears to be
> > > intermittent.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else seen this type of behavior? Thanks.
> > >
> >
> > This is most commonly from environment variables and paths
> not being
> > referenced or set up correctly, do you have a copy of the specific
> > error you're getting? Who's running the job?
> > We need more information.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
>
> There has to be some sort of message or reason you think a
> job isn't running? Is there anything in /var/log/messages
> (search for cron) often times when a cron job fails an email
> gets sent to root, does that message say anything?
>
> -Mike
>
What information do you have that a job is failing at all?
-Mike
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