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Root crontab not running at all.

Started by mahesh, Oct 10, 2023, 07:38 AM

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mahesh

The script works manually. On the root crontab it doesn't even run. Doesn't even enter the log that it tried or anything.

     Code:
# cat root # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.UoKMpI/crontab installed on Fri Aug 13 10:12:58 2021)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $)
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin"
MAILTO=""
USER=root
# m h  dom mon dow   command
15 10 * * * localbackups.sh

     Code:
$ cat /var/log/cron.log
Aug 13 10:12:55 homewrecker crontab[11208]: (root) BEGIN EDIT (root)
Aug 13 10:12:58 homewrecker crontab[11208]: (root) REPLACE (root)
Aug 13 10:12:58 homewrecker crontab[11208]: (root) END EDIT (root)
Aug 13 10:13:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
And a couple minutes after it should have run.

     Code:
Aug 13 10:12:55 homewrecker crontab[11208]: (root) BEGIN EDIT (root)Aug 13 10:12:58 homewrecker crontab[11208]: (root) REPLACE (root)
Aug 13 10:12:58 homewrecker crontab[11208]: (root) END EDIT (root)
Aug 13 10:13:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
     Code:
# systemctl status cron
● cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; vendor preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-08-13 07:22:47 MST; 2h 54min ago
       Docs: man:cron(8)
   Main PID: 851 (cron)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 19015)
     Memory: 508.0K
     CGroup: /system.slice/cron.service
             └─851 /usr/sbin/cron -f


Aug 13 09:17:01 homewrecker CRON[6330]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened >
Aug 13 09:17:01 homewrecker CRON[6330]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed >
Aug 13 09:50:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
Aug 13 09:55:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
Aug 13 09:56:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
Aug 13 09:59:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
Aug 13 10:06:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
Aug 13 10:11:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
Aug 13 10:12:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
Aug 13 10:13:01 homewrecker cron[851]: (root) RELOAD (crontabs/root)
I am thoroughly stumped. I've never seen this before.
General Scripts - https://gitlab.com/jmgibson1981/homescripts

My backup scripts - https://gitlab.com/jmgibson1981/bash-backups