From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 21:12:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 788D116A41F for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:12:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brandonh@hotandcold.biz) Received: from mail.themarcomgroup.com (207-114-172-156.gen.twtelecom.net [207.114.172.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 16FAF43D45 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:12:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brandonh@hotandcold.biz) Received: (qmail 29007 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2005 21:12:19 -0000 Received: from adsl-71-132-117-69.dsl.bkfd14.pacbell.net (HELO BrandonH) (71.132.117.69) by mail.themarcomgroup.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2005 21:12:19 -0000 From: "Brandon Hinesley" To: "'Nathan Vidican'" Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:13:20 -0800 Organization: Advanced Mechanical Systems, Inc. Message-ID: <001201c5e0bb$6c81a8b0$6800a8c0@BrandonH> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcXgunwR+AWvp3O4QfKBOpHFafqCwgAAFaOw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: <436A7BDE.6000308@wmptl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Cron Job will not run. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:12:23 -0000 If it's not, then someone's inserting things into my /var/log/cron! >Here's some of /var/log/cron: >-------------------- >Nov 3 09:00:00 server /usr/sbin/cron[56343]: (operator) CMD >(/usr/libexec/save-entropy) Nov 3 09:00:00 server /usr/sbin/cron[56344]: >(root) CMD (/usr/libexec/atrun) Nov 3 09:00:00 server >/usr/sbin/cron[56345]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/Backup/scripts/bkup-daily) Kidding...yes it's running: root@server# ps ax | grep cron 472 ?? Is 0:02.20 /usr/sbin/cron -s 57450 p0 R+ 0:00.00 grep cron Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Vidican [mailto:nvidican@wmptl.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:07 PM To: Brandon Hinesley Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cron Job will not run. May be a really dumb question here, but like all technical problems, start with the simple stuff: ps ax | grep cron ???? Is cron even running? -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/