https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cron-issue/m-p/5175667#M50768 We have a script that runs several times a day via cron that collects sar information, processes it and ships the information off to another database server for historical reference...<BR /><BR />Issue is, every time it runs it puts out a message in cron log:<BR /><BR />May 16 19:56:01 cvoicch2 crond[19513]: (CRON) chdir(HOME) failed: (No such file or directory)<BR />May 16 19:56:01 cvoicch2 crond[19515]: (adm) CMD (/opt/CVGcpu/bin/Collector.sh)<BR /><BR />[root@cvoicch2 ~]# ps -ef |grep 19513<BR />adm 19513 5286 0 19:56 ? 00:00:00 crond<BR />adm 19515 19513 0 19:56 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/CVGcpu/bin/Collector.sh<BR />root 19595 19210 0 19:56 pts/2 00:00:00 grep 19513<BR />[root@cvoicch2 ~]#<BR /><BR />I've looked at the Collector script and there is no place in the script that tries to change directories....<BR /><BR />Does anyone have an idea how to determine what is putting out this issue ?? Sat, 16 May 2009 23:07:49 GMT MikeL_4 2009-05-16T23:07:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cron-issue/m-p/5175667#M50768 We have a script that runs several times a day via cron that collects sar information, processes it and ships the information off to another database server for historical reference...<BR /><BR />Issue is, every time it runs it puts out a message in cron log:<BR /><BR />May 16 19:56:01 cvoicch2 crond[19513]: (CRON) chdir(HOME) failed: (No such file or directory)<BR />May 16 19:56:01 cvoicch2 crond[19515]: (adm) CMD (/opt/CVGcpu/bin/Collector.sh)<BR /><BR />[root@cvoicch2 ~]# ps -ef |grep 19513<BR />adm 19513 5286 0 19:56 ? 00:00:00 crond<BR />adm 19515 19513 0 19:56 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/CVGcpu/bin/Collector.sh<BR />root 19595 19210 0 19:56 pts/2 00:00:00 grep 19513<BR />[root@cvoicch2 ~]#<BR /><BR />I've looked at the Collector script and there is no place in the script that tries to change directories....<BR /><BR />Does anyone have an idea how to determine what is putting out this issue ?? Sat, 16 May 2009 23:07:49 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cron-issue/m-p/5175667#M50768 MikeL_4 2009-05-16T23:07:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cron-issue/m-p/5175668#M50769 I found the issue right after I submitted... the home directory for adm user that's running the script didn't have the home directory defined on the server.. Sat, 16 May 2009 23:11:56 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/cron-issue/m-p/5175668#M50769 MikeL_4 2009-05-16T23:11:56Z