docs for vixie-cron

[Eric Chadbourne]

omg i'm a fool sometimes.  i thought it running but it wasn't.  :p

[me at server ~]# /etc/init.d/crond status
crond is stopped
[me at server ~]# /etc/init.d/crond start
Starting crond:                                            [  OK  ]
[me at server ~]# chkconfig crond on
[me at server ~]#

thanks matt for starting the celeron between my ears.
- eric c.


Matthew Gillen wrote:
> Eric Chadbourne wrote:
>> i have a box with minimal packages.  cron doesn't seem to be working 
>> right. 
> 
> Can you elaborate a little on what's not working?
> The usual suspects:
>  - can you run the command from a terminal?
>  - does your command require a tty?
>  - is the cron daemon running? ( try "/etc/init.d/crond status" or equivalent)
>  - is your system using SELinux, AppArmor, etc that might be interfering?
> 
> Anything else is likely to be system-specific.  What distro / version of cron?
> 
> Matt