Description of problem: crond is not running. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): crond is not running # ll /var/log/cron total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 15 17:58 errors.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 15 17:58 info.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 15 17:58 warnings.log How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Clean install of Mageia-2-alpha3-x86_64-DVD.iso 2. apply all updates, reboot 3. Wait for hourly cron job execution 4: grep -i cron /var/log/messages 5: grep -i cron /var/log/syslog | grep root Note missing something like these snipped results. CROND[x]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly) CROND[x]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) # systemctl status crond.service crond.service - Command Scheduler Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/crond.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:26:15 -0600; 50min ago Main PID: 1481 (crond) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/crond.service â 1481 /usr/sbin/crond -n Jan 15 21:53:01 wb2.home.test /usr/sbin/crond[3613]: pam_tcb(crond:session): Session opened for bittwister by js4113tx(uid=0) Session opened for bittwister by bittwister(uid=0) Jan 15 22:01:01 wb2.home.test /usr/sbin/crond[3883]: pam_tcb(crond:session): Session opened for root by root(uid=0)
Do you have crontabs installed?
CC: (none) => sander.lepik
Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
(In reply to comment #1) > Do you have crontabs installed? Looks like it to me. $ locate crontab /etc/crontab /etc/sysconfig/crontab /usr/bin/crontab /usr/share/doc/crontabs /usr/share/man/man1/crontab.1.xz /usr/share/man/man1p/crontab.1p.xz /usr/share/man/man5/crontab.5.xz /usr/share/vim/syntax/crontab.vim Oh, by the way, Alpha2 was working until a bunch of updates came through a day or so before Alpha3 release. Cron stopped working. More info from my Alpha3 clean install. # systemctl restart crond.service # cat /var/log/cron/* <sniped Jan 16 09:41:02 wb2 > /usr/sbin/crond[3770]: (CRON) bad minute (/var/spool/cron/bittwister) /usr/sbin/crond[3770]: (CRON) bad minute (/var/spool/cron/bittwister) /usr/sbin/crond[3770]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support) /usr/sbin/crond[3770]: (CRON) INFO (@reboot jobs will be run at computer's startup.) # ll /var/spool/cron/bittwister -rw------- 1 bittwister bittwister 1727 Jan 14 19:11 /var/spool/cron/bittwister # grep bit /etc/cron.allow bittwister # cat /var/spool/cron/bittwister #*************** start of $HOME/.cron/cron.job *************************** # #################################################################### # syntax example # #minute (0-59), # #| hour (0-23), # #| | day of the month (1-31), # #| | | month of the year (1-12), # #| | | | day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday)# #| | | | | commands # #30 01 * * * /home/jim/bin/cleartmp # #################################################################### SHELL=/bin/bash MAILTO=bittwister HOME=/home/bittwister _cron_loc=/home/bittwister PATH=/home/bittwister/local/work:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin\ :/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games\ :/usr/lib/qt4/bin:/home/bittwister/local/bin 0 0-23 * * * /bin/nice -n 19 /usr/bin/run-parts $_cron_loc/.cron/hourly 20 5 * * * /bin/nice -n 19 /usr/bin/run-parts $_cron_loc/.cron/daily 30 5 * * 0 /bin/nice -n 19 /usr/bin/run-parts $_cron_loc/.cron/weekly 40 5 1 * * /bin/nice -n 19 /usr/bin/run-parts $_cron_loc/.cron/monthly 52 5 * * * /bin/nice -n 19 /local/bin/ck_mail_msg #* #* Install: click up a terminal, #* su - root #* cp ~bittwister/.cron/cron.job /var/spool/cron/bittwister #* chown bittwister:bittwsiter /var/spool/cron/bittwister #* chmod 600 /var/spool/cron/bittwister #* exit #* exit #* #************* end $HOME/.cron/cron.job **********************************
Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Hmm.. Are you 100% sure it doesn't work? How did you test? Maybe it just doesn't log?
(In reply to comment #3) > Hmm.. Are you 100% sure it doesn't work? How did you test? Maybe it just > doesn't log? Good point. I'll try to do a better test next time. :) Numerous updates have been applied since I opened this bug. After this morning's boot, /var/log/messages had cron log entries and a user cron job did execute. Bunch more updates just now, one of the packages sets /etc/hostname to localhost :( I'll mark it resolved for now.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED