Cron entry running on a server and not on another

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April 4th, 2008, 07:59 AM

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Cron entry running on a server and not on another

I add the following to cron entry on one of our debian server:

#Cron Entry
* * * * * /home/Scripts/customFetch.sh

It works fine and this script is executed every minute without any problem and I see that it is updating its logs correctly in /var/logs/syslog.

Though, when I add the same cron entry to our backup debian server it doesn't run. I have checked the logs and I don't see that it is throwing any error.

I am adding this entry on both servers using root. I am using the same Debian OS on both servers. After adding this cron entry when I check it with crontab -l it shows the correct entry in the list.

Could anybody let me know if I am doing anything wrong?

Thanks in advance.

-Meraj

April 5th, 2008, 05:57 AM

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What happens when/if you run the .sh script from the command prompt?

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April 9th, 2008, 05:39 PM

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I certainly know that if a password expires then the crons for that user will stop being executed but I can't imagine that is the case given that it is the root account rather than an "automation" account that this is running under.

But I would agree with atlantis that you need manually run the cron to see what happens.

April 17th, 2008, 01:05 AM

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When I run the script from shell, it works fine. But when I add the above line to the cron, then it doesn't run.

I see that the other cron entries present in /etc/cron.d/ are running fine.

Is there any thing I am missing or I should try to add the same cron entry in some other way?

April 17th, 2008, 07:11 AM

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It might be a problem with cron's environment. Run the command `env` from the command line and have cron run the same command. Have both output to separate files. Compare the two, and if you find anything that is missing from cron's `env` output that may be pertinent, declare those variables at the top of your script.

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April 25th, 2008, 08:29 AM

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Thanks, compmodder26.

I was able to solve this problem by adding/editing cron entries by

Code:

crontab -e

Before that, I wrote my cron entries in a text file and imported to the cron, using

Code:

crontab fileName

Though, the above method worked on one system and didn't work on another.

-Meraj

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April 27th, 2008, 10:58 PM

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So you can't run any crons on your other system? Have you tried running a cron for another script?

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