/etc/crontab or any user crontab is not being executed
- by ian
My server is CentOS 5. When I edit /etc/crontab or edit any user(including root) crontab via "crontab -e" command, it just adds "(system) RELOAD (/etc/crontab)" or "(admin) RELOAD (cron/admin)" in the log. No CMD in the /var/log/cron.
Sample entry in /var/log/cron:
Aug 10 10:21:33 localhost crontab[31688]: (root) BEGIN EDIT (root)
Aug 10 10:21:42 localhost crontab[31688]: (root) REPLACE (root)
Aug 10 10:21:42 localhost crontab[31688]: (root) END EDIT (root)
Aug 10 10:22:01 localhost crond[2688]: (root) RELOAD (cron/root)
Result of "service crond status":
crond (pid 1345) is running...
The command "cat /var/log/messages | grep cron" does not give anything.
Contents of /etc/cron.allow:
admin
root
Contents of /etc/crontab:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/
# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
* * * * * root run-parts /bin/date >> /data/date.txt
Result of ps aux |grep cron:
root 1345 0.0 0.1 5268 1204 ? Ss 11:43 0:00 crond
Contents of admin's crontab:
* * * * * /bin/date >> /data/date.txt
Note that it's not only admin's crontab that's not running. All cron jobs are not running.
Any ideas why they aren't running?
