Hi folks. This is probably very simple stuff, but I'm thoroughly confused. I have an "off-the-shelf" Debian installation provided by my ISP. When I do a ps -ef I get (amongst other things) the following root 195 1 0 Oct28 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/cron
Now, according to the manual to have cron services I should be running a cron daemon called crond. Lo and behold whereis returns # whereis crond crond: Now, "cron" is not "crond" I apparently don't even have a "crond" software installed. I added a new line to crontab: 0 0 * * * root /usr/lib/cgi-bin/send_hit_count.cgi 1. send_hit_count.cgi apparently is not being executed. It works interactively, but there are no messages that would indicate that it was executed by cron. What do I need to do, in order to have cron execute send_hit_count.cgi? 2. What is /usr/sbin/cron doing there? It seems to forever be in memory, and I do occassionally receive CRON email messages with reports, such as /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: .... .... 3. Do I need to install crond? How do I do that? 4. Should I get rid of the cron process documented above? TIA, Joseph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
