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On 10/11/2006, Mark Schubert wrote:
> cron_server AT mcspd-a ~
> cron_server>crontab -l
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> # (/tmp/crontab.5292 installed on Wed Oct 11 18:05:28 2006)
> # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $)
> * * * * * rm ~/this
> * * * * * date > /home/cron_server/date.txt
> 
> $ ls -la
> total 36
> drwxrwxrwx+ 4 cron_server None     0 Oct 11 18:05 .
> drwxrwxrwx+ 6 mark        None     0 Oct 11 13:59 ..
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 cron_server None  1150 Aug 28 15:07 .bash_profile
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 cron_server None  3116 Aug 28 15:07 .bashrc
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 cron_server None  1461 Aug 28 15:07 .inputrc
> drwx------+ 2 cron_server None     0 Oct 11 18:04 .ssh
> drwxrwxrwx+ 3 cron_server None     0 Oct 11 15:31 WINDOWS
> -rw-r--r--  1 cron_server None 23875 Oct 11 18:03 cygcheck.txt
> -rw-r--r--  1 cron_server None     0 Oct 11 14:16 this
> 
> (no date.txt and still see "this")


Try '/bin/rm' and '/bin/date'.  Also, if you install ssmtp or exim,
cron could send you email if there were failures.


> Service             : cron
> Current State       : Running
> Controls Accepted   : Stop
> Command             : /usr/sbin/cron -D
> stdin path          : /dev/null
> stdout path         : /var/log/cron.log
> stderr path         : /var/log/cron.log
> Process Type        : Own Process
> Startup             : Automatic
> Account             : LocalSystem
> 


This says that cron is running as LocalSystem, not cron_server.
Your sshd_server user should work for cron too if it works for sshd.



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