I would vote that your user doesn't have crontab rights. Since I don't usually have root on a server
I usually create a test job and check for the results. Something that doesn't need anything else to run,
but provides proof that it ran. Something like this:
This way you know that crontab works. Otherwise you need someone with root to look at the system logs
to see if your crontab is getting an error.
I am having problems with a sparc5 solaris 7 box, when i try to edit cron, (crontab -e as root), it says
$ crontab -e
0
and then nothing, if i enter anything it errors out but does accept q for quit. But doesn't bring up my editor of the cron file. How can I troubleshoot this?
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Hi,
I have put the following entry in crontab and it is NOT working
1 * * * * && /mybin/myjob.sh
As today is Sep 26th, Iam using NF-4 to test.
Thanks (2 Replies)
Dear all
We have SunOS 5.10 Generic_127127-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V250
i have scheduled cronjob but its not working
Crontab details
15 15 * * * /d5/oratest/testdb/hotbackup_new.sh TEST247
15 15 * * * mkdir -p rajesh /d4/appltest
Crontab log details
> CMD: mkdir... (4 Replies)
I have a script which name is sicaklik.sh
It is in the root directory.
I can run manually but I want to run automatically every 3 minutes but it is not working. WHY?
#whoami
root
#crontab -l
#ident "@(#)root 1.21 04/03/23 SMI"
3 * * * * sh ./sicaklik.sh
#ls -l sicaklik*... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I had setup crontab to execute my script every day midnight 00:00
Below are the current settings.
crontab -l
0 0 * * * /apps/bin/compress.ksh_moht > /dev/null 2>&1
Should it not work?
I need help fix this? (8 Replies)
I can run manually script of ntopdump.sh but crontab can't run this script very five minutes.
# crontab -l
*/3 * * * * root sh /root/ping.sh
*/5 * * * * root sh /root/ntopdump.sh
#
# pwd
/root
# ls -l
total 88
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1645 Jun 14 19:01 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxrwxr-x 2 root... (14 Replies)
Shell = ksh
Hi all,
I scheduled an automated job on my application server like below,
30 13 * * 1-5 $HOME/my_script.sh
However the script was not executed as expected. Any reason that may cause this to happen? (6 Replies)
Hi,
When I set the crontab to run every minute, every hour, it works fine.
* * * * * env > /tmp/env.output
However I want to run it every day at 8:00 AM and it does not run.
* 8 * * * env > /tmp/env.output
I ran the 'date' command which says it's 8AM PST and also the 'TZ'... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I know this is a common topic. I'm trying to launch a perl script using a contab -e entry. I've been trying diff options but nothing seems to work:
My cron is running:
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 3755 1 0 Nov27 ? 00:00:00 crond
This... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a script with deatils as :
$ ls -ld catch_logs.sh
-rwx--x--x 1 muser muser 752 Jun 5 22:36 catch_logs.sh
User crontab looks likes:
$ crontab -l
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
* * * * * /opt/scripts/catch_logs.sh
Now if I run this script... (7 Replies)