topic Re: crontab job is not run in Operating System - Linux

crontab job is not run

elainelaw — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:00:56 GMT

I use RHEL 3 server , I have reboot the server , now the cronjob is not run ( check from /var/log/cron ) , I have just restart the crond but still found the cronjob is not run , can advise what is wrong ? thx

Re: crontab job is not run

Jeeshan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:48:54 GMT

check with command

# service crond status

and

#chkconfig crond on

Re: crontab job is not run

elainelaw — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:56:15 GMT

thx reply ,

when use your command to check , it show the crond is running , I don't know what is wrong , can advise except reboot the server , how can I restart all service / daemon one time ? thx

Re: crontab job is not run

Jeeshan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:40:14 GMT

you don't need to restart all the services or daemon.

Just restart the crond and check you have entries you have crontab using crontab -l

Is your cron log is directed to /var/log/crob?

check /etc/syslog.conf file.

which user you run the cron job?

try to run the job using CLI mode directly.

Re: crontab job is not run

skt_skt — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:46:23 GMT

try restarting the crond and watch the /var/log/messages as well the cron log. There should be some clue there if that really fails..