Crontab error

[juno2]

After I 'hv reboot the system , then the cronjob can't be automatically run (include root and other users) , I checked the cront.allow is normal , can suggest what is possible reason of the error ? thx.

[Mark Grant]

This may be a bit obvious but are you sure "cron" is running. Also, check /etc/rc.log to see if there are any errors and check roots mail to see if there are any errors from cron trying to run.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Juno,

Is the cron deamon running ?

Robert-Jan.

[twang]

What shows in /var/adm/cron/log?

[V.Tamilvanan]

Hi,

Check the startup config file /etc/rc.config.d/cron for CRON=1 . If it is 0 modify to 1 and start the cron daemon manually by executing
#/sbin/init.d/cron start

[Rajesh SB]

Hi,

You can look for cron service started or not and for any error reported the /etc/rc.log file while system startup.

You can check runlevel startup flag is set properly in /etc/rc.config.d/cron.

Cheers,
Rajesh

[Camel_1]

did you convert the system to "trust" mode, there has a procedure to make cron work after turned to "trust" mode.

[Steven E. Protter]

ps -ef | grep cron

If nothing is running follow previously posted instructions to set the cron daemon to run at startup.

then

/sbin/init.d/cron start

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