> Please send me the contents of: > /etc/cron.d/cron-apt (when enabled that way)
root@lina:/home/jba# cat /etc/cron.d/cron-apt # # Regular cron jobs for the cron-apt package # # Every night at 4 o'clock. 0 4 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt # Every hour. # 0 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt /etc/cron-apt/config2 # Every five minutes. # */5 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt /etc/cron-apt/config2 > /etc/crontab root@lina:/home/jba# cat /etc/crontab # /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields, # that none of the other crontabs do. SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin # m h dom mon dow user command 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 ) # # m h dom mon dow user command */10 * * * * root sync_share >/dev/null 2>&1 > /etc/cron-apt (all files) root@lina:/etc/cron-apt# cat config # Configuration for cron-apt. For further information about the possible # configuration settings see /usr/share/doc/cron-apt/README.gz. root@lina:/etc/cron-apt# ll *.d* action.d: insgesamt 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18 Mai 24 2013 0-update -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141 Sep 5 14:02 3-download config.d: insgesamt 0 errormsg.d: insgesamt 0 logmsg.d: insgesamt 0 mailmsg.d: insgesamt 0 syslogmsg.d: insgesamt 0 root@lina:/etc/cron-apt# cat action.d/0-update update -o quiet=2 root@lina:/etc/cron-apt# cat action.d/3-download autoclean -y # jba 2013-05-26 do upgrade #dist-upgrade -d -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true dist-upgrade -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true > > And do a "ls -l /etc/cron.*" and send me the output of that. root@lina:/etc/cron-apt# ls -l /etc/cron.* /etc/cron.d: insgesamt 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 244 Dez 28 2014 anacron -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 355 Dez 26 19:12 cron-apt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102 Jan 9 22:34 testlog /etc/cron.daily: insgesamt 60 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 311 Dez 28 2014 0anacron -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15000 Apr 13 2015 apt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 314 Nov 8 2014 aptitude -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 355 Okt 17 2014 bsdmainutils lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Dez 22 21:24 cron-apt -> /usr/sbin/cron-apt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1597 Apr 10 2015 dpkg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4125 Feb 17 2015 exim4-base lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Dez 11 02:59 google-chrome -> /opt/google/chrome/cron/google-chrome -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 580 Dez 30 2011 htdig -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89 Nov 8 2014 logrotate -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1293 Dez 31 2014 man-db -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 435 Jun 13 2013 mlocate -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 249 Nov 19 2014 passwd /etc/cron.hourly: insgesamt 0 /etc/cron.monthly: insgesamt 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 313 Dez 28 2014 0anacron /etc/cron.weekly: insgesamt 12 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 312 Dez 28 2014 0anacron -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 120 Sep 5 23:37 flashplugin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 771 Dez 31 2014 man-db > > Your log files is probably useful too. At least check that cron is running > something else. You mention that it is not running one of the other scripts > you have. But is it running any cron job at all? I checked by putting a file in /etc/cron.d that outputs every minute. That worked. It seems to me, that files maybe only run by cron, if the system is running at that time. As anacron is installed, it should also if the system is turned on later. Or am I wrong? Juergen > > Cheers, > > // Ola
