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Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 21:09:04 +0200
From: a12 <a12 AT swipnet DOT se>
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Subject: Re: cron does not execute script
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Hi again,

'ls -l /home/sysaccount' yields:
drwxr-xr-x+ 4 admins users 4096 May 7 19:46 sysaccount

I have modified /var/cron/tabs/sysaccount to contain:
SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
# mail any output to 'sysaccount', no matter whose crontab this is
#MAILTO=sysaccount
#* * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /home/sysaccount/date.log 2>&1
* * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /tmp/date.log 2>&1
* * * * * /home/sysaccount/mpu.sh >> /tmp/mpu.log 2>&1

/tmp/date.log is updated every minute as expected.
Still no /tmp/mpu.log

Removing MAILTO did not change anything.
ssmtp is installed.

Windows event log shows only:
/usr/sbin/cron : PID 484 : (sysaccount) CMD (/usr/bin/date >> /tmp/date.log 2>&1)

Any more hints ?

Marek

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> Could also be a permission issue.  What are the permissions on the
> /home/sysaccount directory?  Also, try redirecting the output to a file in
> some other directory (say, /tmp) and see if that works.
>
> You may also need to have ssmtp installed if you set MAILTO (not sure on
> that bit).  Try commenting out the MAILTO setting...
>
> Does the Windows event log have any cron messages?
>         Igor
>
> On Wed, 7 May 2003, a12 wrote:
>
> > Hi Igor,
> >
> > 'mount' yields:
> > C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> > C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> > C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> > c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount)
> > d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount)
> > g: on /cygdrive/g type user (binmode,noumount)
> > i: on /cygdrive/i type user (binmode,noumount)
> > j: on /cygdrive/j type user (binmode,noumount)
> > k: on /cygdrive/k type user (binmode,noumount)
> >
> > /etc/passwd contains:
> > SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
> > admins:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
> > sysaccount:*:1011:513:sysaccount,U-RRBACK\sysaccount,S-1-5-21-1681026574-976757939-617630493-1011:/home/sysaccount:/bin/bash
> >
> > /etc/group contains:
> > SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18:
> > none:S-1-5-21-1681026574-976757939-617630493-513:513:
> > admins:S-1-5-32-544:544:
> > backup:S-1-5-32-551:551:
> > guests:S-1-5-32-546:546:
> > power:S-1-5-32-547:547:
> > replica:S-1-5-32-552:552:
> > users:S-1-5-32-545:545:
> >
> > As the user 'sysaccount' belongs to Windows Administrators
> > group, may be I should change its group number to 544 ?
> >
> > Marek
> >
> > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 7 May 2003, a12 wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi gurus,
> > > >
> > > > As I cannot make cron to execute my crontab, I have checked
> > > > some earlier posts. I have verified ownership:
> > > > /var contains:
> > > > drwxrwxrwt+ 3 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Mar 13 10:32 cron
> > > > /var/cron contains:
> > > > drwxrwxrwt+ 2 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 May  7 11:29 tabs
> > > > /var/cron/tabs contains:
> > > > -rwxr--r--+ 1 sysaccou none 290 May  7 11:29 sysaccount
> > > >
> > > > 'crontab -l' yields:
> > > > SHELL=/bin/sh
> > > > PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
> > > > # mail any output to 'sysaccount', no matter whose crontab this is
> > > > MAILTO=sysaccount
> > > > * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /home/sysaccount/date.log 2>&1
> > > > * * * * * /home/sysaccount/mpu.sh >> /home/sysaccount/mpu.log 2>&1
> > > >
> > > > /home/sysaccount contains:
> > > > -rwxrwxrwx 1 sysaccou none 171 May  7 15:25 mpu.sh
> > > >
> > > > mpu.sh contains:
> > > > #!/bin/sh
> > > > /usr/bin/date >> /home/sysaccount/mpu.log
> > > >
> > > > date.log is updated once a minute as expected:
> > > > Wed May  7 15:24:00 WEDT 2003
> > > > Wed May  7 15:25:00 WEDT 2003
> > > > Wed May  7 15:26:00 WEDT 2003
> > > >
> > > > There is no mpu.log . Why ?
> > > >
> > > > What have I missed ?
> > > > Marek
> > >
> > > Possibly mounts for the SYSTEM account...  What's the output of "mount"?
> > >         Igor


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