On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:54 AM, R7h0re4 <r7h0re4@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I made a custom script that I want to put into the weekly system cron > job and according to my logs the script is not running weekly like it > should. > > -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 87 Aug 4 13:39 cool_script.sh > > According to my information the permission are correct as only root > should be able to run system cron jobs. > > This is the only thing I have seen in my logs. > > Oct 20 03:01:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Anacron started on 2011-10-20 > Oct 20 03:01:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Job `cron.weekly' locked by another an > acron - skipping > Oct 20 03:01:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 12 min. > Oct 20 03:01:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Jobs will be executed sequentially > Oct 20 03:02:01 localhost anacron[14151]: Job `cron.weekly' started > Oct 20 03:02:02 localhost anacron[14151]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated > Oct 20 03:02:02 localhost anacron[14151]: Normal exit (1 job run) > Oct 20 03:13:02 localhost anacron[14161]: Job `cron.daily' started > Oct 20 03:13:55 localhost anacron[14161]: Job `cron.daily' terminated > Oct 20 03:13:55 localhost anacron[14161]: Normal exit (1 job run) > > I do not have Anacron installed, and my script does not run weekly like > it is supposed too, I would like fix this problem. > > Any suggestions are welcome! > > R7h0re4 > > Are you using cronie, dcron or some other cron? cronie provides anacron.
