topic Re: cron in Operating System - HP-UX

cron

Rpger Tavener — Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:21:01 GMT

there is a script running nightly on our HPUX 11.0 server.We are trying to find out who or what scheduled it.. It does not appear in any crontab files. Any ideas?

Re: cron

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:30:23 GMT

Hi
As a start look in the cron.allow file

/var/adm/cron/cron.allow

That might give a pointer, also whose ownership is the script under?

Also try to trace it back on the pids -parent/child.

What does the scipt do? this also might give an indication.

HTH

Paula

Re: cron

Rita C Workman — Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:37:06 GMT

Have you checked /var/adm/cron/log??

I believe this will show the user that kicks off the task..

/rcw

Re: cron

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:49:51 GMT

Hi:

Look at /var/adm/cron/log . This shows the script name (for cron tasks) or the id of 'at' commands. In either case the user name of the initiator is shown along with the start and stop times. You might use the name to trace back to a user's mailbox (/var/mail/) for more useful information.

'at' as well as 'cron' can be allowed or denied with entries in /var/adm/cron/at.allow and /var/adm/cron/at.deny similar to /var/adm/cron/cron.allow and /var/adm/cron/cron.deny. See the man pages for 'at' and 'cron'.

...JRF...

Re: cron

Dan Hetzel — Sat, 10 Feb 2001 09:44:08 GMT

Hi Roger,

If it's not in any of the crontabs, then it's most probably a job started with 'at'.

Have a look at the /var/spool/cron/atjobs directory.

Best regards,

Dan

Re: cron

Manikantan IB — Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:53:36 GMT

Hi

The best place to find your answer is @/var/adm/cron/log.. or the user might have used the 'at' command

Cheers and Regards
Manikantan IB