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# 8  
Old 11-17-2008
OK, that shows crond is NOT running.

also try (on HP-UX its cron vs crond):
Code:
# ps -ef | grep cron


Lookup how to start crond.

might be:
Code:
# /etc/init.d/cron start


Find your init.d directory and look for cron or crond
# 9  
Old 11-17-2008
but my user is not root, does it matter?, I have another user and It seems that I do not have privileges:

$ cron start
! you are not authorized to use cron. Sorry. Mon Nov 17 17:57:32 2008
! ******* CRON ABORTED ******** Mon Nov 17 17:57:32 2008
# 10  
Old 11-17-2008
Yes you must have root access.
# 11  
Old 11-17-2008
other thing, I did a test with a simple shell script like: touch TEST that comand I put in a file .sh I scheduled in crontab and the file TEST was created. I don't know why with my other shell script the cron is not working. =/
# 12  
Old 11-18-2008
do you have other suggestion? thanks.
# 13  
Old 11-18-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Geller
other thing, I did a test with a simple shell script like: touch TEST that comand I put in a file .sh I scheduled in crontab and the file TEST was created. I don't know why with my other shell script the cron is not working. =/
Well it appears that cron IS running.

Check the cron logfile, if you have permission. Since you are not root ask your sysadmin for help.
# 14  
Old 11-18-2008
Yes, I have permission, my user appears at at.allow file.
Any idea?
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