From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 28 22:25:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 936A616A403 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:25:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jtriende@wisc.edu) Received: from medmicro.wisc.edu (listserv.medmicro.wisc.edu [128.104.10.254]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 752EB13C479 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:25:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jtriende@wisc.edu) Received: from [128.104.10.240] (unknown [128.104.10.240]) by medmicro.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBAD302833; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:54:40 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <20061228213317.8F24B16A57D@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20061228213317.8F24B16A57D@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: James Riendeau Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:54:40 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: steve@digitalbluesky.net Subject: Re: cron not running 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, 28 Dec 2006 22:25:40 -0000 You might want to use ntpd to sync the clock before cron starts if this turns out to be your problem: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network- ntp.html Once you have ntpd working, just put ntpd on the require line in the cron startup file, /etc/rc.d/cron, to ensure that cron starts up after ntpd. ...or just buy a new motherboard battery. James Riendeau MMI Computer Support Technician 1300 University Ave Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 262-3351 After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696 Fax: (608) 262-8418 Email: jtriende@wisc.edu On Dec 28, 2006, at 3:33 PM, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: > > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:07:23 -0600 > From: Derek Ragona > Subject: Re: cron not running > To: "steve" , > "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" > Message-ID: > <6.0.0.22.2.20061228090634.02454470@mail.computinginnovations.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Check the clock. Often older systems have dead batteries so the > clock is > so far out of whack cron jobs don't run. > > -Derek