Crontab issue

[Kay Abendroth]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:03:50 +0200
Michael RISBY <michael.risby at ap.equinix.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have a slight issue with regards to a crontab & cacti. I'm relatively
> novice with regards to linux but I can work my head around it pretty
> well, and I'd like to consider myself half knowledgeable but i've struck
> a dead end and not sure what other troubleshooting I am able to do.
> 
> Below is my current /etc/crontab
> 
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> 
> 17 *    * * *   root    cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
> 25 6    * * *   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts
> --report /etc/cron.daily )
> 47 6    * * 7   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts
> --report /etc/cron.weekly )
> 52 6    1 * *   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts
> --report /etc/cron.monthly )
> * /5 * * * * www-data php /usr/share/cacti/site/poller.php >/dev/null
> 2>/var/log/cacti/poller-error.log
> * /5 * * * * root ls -al /home/risbo/public_html/ >
> /var/log/testingcron.log

 Hi Michael,

 the last two entries don't work, because you have - most likely by accident -
 too many columns in it. Just remove on star in each line and it should work.


 Kind regards,
 Kay 

> Before this, the first 'non-default' crontab was located in /etc/cron.d/
> under the file 'cacti'. The second cron is purely testing that cron is
> actually working which in fact it is since it generates the log. When I
> execute the php via CLI, cacti poll's the said devices and it works fine
> however it's just not budging when done via a cron. Is there any other
> server side testing I can do or would it appear to be a issue where I
> would have to talk to the cacti developers about?
> 
> Additional thing to note is that early today the machine was powered
> down for 2 hours, which on power restoration it just simply stopped
> graphing.
> 
> Appreciate any help!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael
> 
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