cron

[Rpger Tavener]

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?

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

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

[Rita C Workman]

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

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

/rcw

[James R. Ferguson]

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...

[Dan Hetzel]

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

[Manikantan IB]

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