System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.4 Last Sync: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:00:03 +0000 merge --search cronbase Searching... [ Results for search key : cronbase ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * sys-process/cronbase Latest version available: 0.3.2 Latest version installed: 0.3.2 Size of files: 0 kB Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/ Description: base for all cron ebuilds License: GPL-2 Crontab work fine and all personal crontab work fine. The trouble is in the cron {hourly daily monthly weekly} no work in your time. root # cat /etc/crontab # for vixie cron # # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-process/vixie-cron/files/crontab-3.0.1-r4,v 1.1 2005/03/04 23:59:48 ciaranm Exp $ # # # Global variables SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly 0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly 1 3 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily 15 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly 30 5 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly */10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-cron In this crontab all scrip run 10 minutes behind schedule. -rw------- 1 root root 72703 Dec 30 02:31 messages -rw------- 1 root root 14627 Dec 27 03:10 messages.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 12607 Dec 20 03:10 messages.2.gz -rw------- 1 root root 28208 Dec 13 03:10 messages.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 24221 Dec 6 03:10 messages.4.gz check the time. the trouble is this line: */10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-cron my solution is to modify /etc/crontab in thsi form: # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly 0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly && /usr/sbin/run-crons 01 0 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily && /usr/sbin/run-crons 15 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly && /usr/sbin/run-crons 30 5 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly && /usr/sbin/run-crons #*/10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons and the log work fine: -rw------- 1 root root 26365 Dec 30 01:31 messages -rw------- 1 root root 4743 Dec 30 00:01 messages.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 3031 Dec 29 00:01 messages.2.g -rw------- 1 root root 2687 Dec 28 00:01 messages.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 3427 Dec 27 00:01 messages.4.gz
dont check the boxes if you dont know what they're for
there's no real info as to what the problem is you're experiencing. i don't know what "cron {hourly daily monthly weekly} no work in your time" means, and i don't see how changing the crontab entries have any real bearing. in fact, those changes defeat the purpose of run-crons -- to catch up on jobs that were missed because the system happened to be turned off/suspended in the middle of the nite. for more details, see the discussion in bug 69777
