cron not running
Roger Olofsson
raggen at passagen.se
Thu Dec 28 08:51:25 PST 2006
Hello,
Make sure to use full path in the cron command file, like so:
/usr/sbin/ntpdate time.server.anywhere
Derek Ragona skrev:
> Check the clock. Often older systems have dead batteries so the clock
> is so far out of whack cron jobs don't run.
>
> -Derek
>
>
> At 08:18 AM 12/28/2006, steve wrote:
>> It has been a long time since I've had to post for help, so forgive me
>> if this question is misplaced or stupid.
>> I have a freebsd server running at home now for years with no problems.
>> Over the years it has been rebooted a few times either on purpose or
>> do to things like power failures. It has always started up without
>> problems. On the 12/27 I shut down the server so I could physically
>> clean the server (was getting kinda gross with dust balls and stuff).
>> It started up no problems but rather curiously the cron service does
>> not seem to be processing any jobs now.
>> I am not sure where to go about figuring out what the problem is or
>> how to fix it. I would greatly appreciate any help or guidance from
>> people here on this issue.
>> Steve
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