Re: [CentOS] Getting email from cron when script is run manually

> > > Could a previous cronjob be hanging, waiting for the initscript to finish? > > > > > > I bet the daemon doesn't die as expected sometimes. > > > > Aha! looking at 'ps aux' we have: > > > > crond > > /bin/bash /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily > > awk -v progname=/etc/cron.daily/gk-restart ..

Re: [CentOS] Getting email from cron when script is run manually

On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 11:24:46AM -0600, Jeff Larsen alleged: > > Could a previous cronjob be hanging, waiting for the initscript to finish? > > > > I bet the daemon doesn't die as expected sometimes. > > Aha! looking at 'ps aux' we have: > > crond > /bin/bash /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily

Re: [CentOS] Getting email from cron when script is run manually

On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 10:52:43AM -0600, Jeff Larsen alleged: > We have some third party software running on a CentOS 4.5 virtual > machine. The software is delivered as compiled python and I wrote an > init script for it myself (/etc/init.d/gk). Because the software lacks > the usual robustness o

Re: [CentOS] Getting email from cron when script is run manually

> Could a previous cronjob be hanging, waiting for the initscript to finish? > > I bet the daemon doesn't die as expected sometimes. Aha! looking at 'ps aux' we have: crond /bin/bash /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily awk -v progname=/etc/cron.daily/gk-restart ... All at 4:02 AM which is when c