04-08-2008
Weird Issue with crontab.
Hello all,
Normally I'm pretty comfortable with crontab, changing and updating (done it many-a-time).
But in the last two days I've been pulling my hair out over the following...
Details of OS:
HP-UX mdirect B.11.23 U ia64 2587410573 unlimited-user license
Issue:
Execute a script (very similar to two pre-existing scripts - which are working) from root's crontab ...
05 16 * * * * nice ksh -c /usr/local/bin/space_chk_3 >> /usr1/log/root/cronlog/space_chk_3.log 2>&1
However it is returning the following... "sh: KEY.txt: Execute permission denied." to the cronlog file output.
KEY.txt happens to be the first normal file in the root (/) directory.
In the /var/adm/cron/log file I see the following with previous run attempts I did earlier today ...
< root 27991 c Tue Apr 8 12:05:00 EST 2008 rc=126
< root 28748 c Tue Apr 8 12:10:00 EST 2008 rc=126
< root 29501 c Tue Apr 8 12:18:00 EST 2008 rc=126
I'm nuttered to understand why crontab for the root user is doing this.
Any suggestions/assistance apreciated.
I'm a little concerned that the answer is sitting right in front of me and I'm at present too blind to see the cause.
Last edited by Cameron; 04-22-2008 at 12:35 AM..
Reason: Removal of script - not required or part of the solution.
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CRON(8) System Manager's Manual CRON(8)
NAME
cron - daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)
SYNOPSIS
cron
DESCRIPTION
Cron should be started from /etc/rc or /etc/rc.local. It will return immediately, so you don't need to start it with '&'.
Cron searches /var/spool/cron for crontab files which are named after accounts in /etc/passwd; crontabs found are loaded into memory. Cron
also searches for /etc/crontab and the files in the /etc/cron.d/ directory, which are in a different format (see crontab(5)). Cron then
wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each command to see if it should be run in the current minute. When execut-
ing commands, any output is mailed to the owner of the crontab (or to the user named in the MAILTO environment variable in the crontab, if
such exists).
Additionally, cron checks each minute to see if its spool directory's modtime (or the modtime on /etc/crontab) has changed, and if it has,
cron will then examine the modtime on all crontabs and reload those which have changed. Thus cron need not be restarted whenever a crontab
file is modified. Note that the Crontab(1) command updates the modtime of the spool directory whenever it changes a crontab.
SEE ALSO
crontab(1), crontab(5)
AUTHOR
Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>
4th Berkeley Distribution 20 December 1993 CRON(8)