Broken crontab/anacron

From: James Pifer (jep_at_obrien-pifer.com)
Date: 01/24/05

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:09:58 -0500

    I rebuilt one of my systems last week using FC3 and somehow I broke
    anacron or crontab. It hasn't run since Jan 20th according to what is in
    root's mailbox.

    I think the problem is anacron. I can't seem to get it running, or at
    least keep it running. It says it starts, but then when I look at the
    processes, it isn't running. The problem is I don't see anything in any
    logs about problems with it.

    Does anacron write logs to messages?
    What's the best way to troubleshoot it?

    My /etc/crontab HAD this in it:
    SHELL=/bin/bash
    PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
    MAILTO=root
    HOME=/

    # run-parts
    01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
    02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
    22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
    42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
    00 01 * * * root /root/mythtvdbbackup
    00 03 * * * root /root/backupvideos
    35 * * * * root /root/mythlink.sh

    Now it has this:
    SHELL=/bin/bash
    PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
    MAILTO=root
    HOME=/

    # run-parts
    01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
    02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
    22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
    42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

    Permissions on it are:
    [root@mythtv etc]# ls -l crontab
    -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 254 Jan 24 09:22 crontab

    Here's what I get when I try to start it.
    [root@mythtv etc]# service anacron start
    Starting anacron: [ OK ]
    [root@mythtv etc]# service anacron status
    anacron is stopped
    [root@mythtv etc]#

    Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks,
    James 

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