Re: amanda cron job doesn't start?
Hi, i think you must give the full path of the programs like: 0 18 * * 1-5 /usr/local/sbin/amcheck merten and make two entries one with amdump and another for amcheck. look for a mail from crontab, there must be the error Also viel spass noch/Good luck Roshan
Re: amanda cron job doesn't start?
Rainer Hofmann wrote: Hi, any explanations why that cron job for user amanda doesn't even start: PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/amanda/bin:/usr/local/sbin 0 18 * * 1-5 amcheck merten amdump merten My first guess is that "amcheck merten" gives an error (the command after will be executed only if the previous one gave no error). I suggest you run it by hand first and see what happens. Did cron send mail with the errors? Further: Is this the general crontab, or the crontab of the amanda user? Who is allowed to run amdump? I mean, the way you have set things up, is amdump ran as root? If so, you should change it, doing 'su amanda -c "amdump merten"' (if you use the general crontab, or root's). For more details on cron: man cron, man crontab. I'm using joe as editor instead of vi. This is totally irrelevant - are you superstitious? :-) -- Regards Chris Karakas Dont waste your cpu time - crack rc5: http://www.distributed.net
Re: amanda cron job doesn't start?
Just a thought, you modified the contab using the command 'crontab -e' right? Otherwise it won't actually install the change. On 6 Dec 2000, Rainer Hofmann wrote: Hi, any explanations why that cron job for user amanda doesn't even start: PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/amanda/bin:/usr/local/sbin 0 18 * * 1-5 amcheck merten amdump merten I want to run backups at 6.00 pm on Mo-Fr as user amanda. settings in etc/passwd are as follows: amanda:x:501:6:Amanda Backup User:/home/amanda:/bin/bash I'm using joe as editor instead of vi. crond is up and running, since other cronjobs of root are executed. I'm using Linux RedHat 6.2. Is there any general setting who is allowed to run cron jobs at all? Thanks Rainer -- Chemisches Labor Dr. Merten GmbH Röderstr. 8-10 79104 Freiburg Tel: 0761 29648-0
