Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-100 Severity: important A very simple user crontab is never executed
$ crontab -u monga -l # m h dom mon dow command * * * * * date >> /tmp/date.user # However, an analogous root crontab works! # crontab -u root -l # m h dom mon dow command * * * * * date >> /tmp/date.root # This the relevant log Jul 30 19:03:01 [/usr/sbin/cron] (monga) RELOAD (crontabs/monga) Jul 30 19:05:01 [/USR/SBIN/CRON] (root) CMD (date >> /tmp/date.root) Jul 30 19:05:02 [/USR/SBIN/CRON] (root) END (date >> /tmp/date.root) # ls -la /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ total 16 drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 4096 2007-07-30 19:04 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2007-06-08 10:29 .. -rw------- 1 monga crontab 265 2007-07-30 19:02 monga -rw------- 1 root crontab 266 2007-07-30 19:04 root Any idea? Thank you. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.104 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 2.22.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.6-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam0g 0.79-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.15-2+b1 SELinux shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii exim4 4.67-7 meta-package to ease Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.67-7 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
