crontab help 2

[frozenpeas]

Hi. I want to run Webalizer daily at 12:05 am. Here is my crontab, but it's not running. I have to run it manually. My lines don't wrap and my paths are correct. Anacron seems to be running.

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

# sysstat
0 * * * 0,6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 600 6 &
5 19 * * * /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A &

# webalizer (run every day at 12:05 am)
5 0 * * * /usr/src/webalizer/webalizer -c /etc/webalizer_vhost1.conf &
5 0 * * * /usr/src/webalizer/webalizer -c /etc/webalizer_vhost2.conf &

 

[ifincham]

Hi,



That looks OK to me ... Are you sure that crond is running and running as root ?



ps -aux | grep crond



/sbin/chkconfig --list crond



If it is, what does it say in the log files, i.e /var/log/cron, /var/log/cron.1, etc ?



Regards

 

[ianf]

Are the permissions correct on the binary ? Ian

"IF" is not a word it's a way of life

 

[frozenpeas]

Here is what I get from those commands:

root  730  0.0  1.1  1520  748  ?   S  Nov18 0:00 crond
root 3787  0.0  0.7  1330  452 tty1 R  11:17 0:00 grep crond

and:

crond  0:off  1:off  2:on  3:on  4:on  5:on  6:off

Sometimes it's frustrating to be a newbie.

Thanks.

 

[frozenpeas]

Oh, and there doesn't seem to be anything related to this in my logs.

 

[GoldenEternity]

Why are you trying to run it as a background process?

Try getting rid of the &

 

[frozenpeas]

I tried it as both, and neither work.

 

[marsd]

String could be too long.
Write a wrapper, place your commands in it and exec the wrapper instead after verifying that the script works as you want it to.

--------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
/usr/src/webalizer/webalizer -c /etc/webalizer_vhost1.conf
/usr/src/webalizer/webalizer -c /etc/webalizer_vhost2.conf
#end
--------------------------------------------------------------

chmod 700 scriptname mv scriptname /root/bin && crontab -e

This way you can also do some logging and error checking for each process as it runs if you want.
ex:
cmd1="/usr/src/webalizer -c /etc/webalizer_vhost1.conf"

eval $cmd1 || echo -e "Failed_$0_$?,$_, `date`" | logger

 

[frozenpeas]

Thanks for your help. I tried the above suggestion and here is what I got:

Webalizer V2.01-09 (Linux 2.2.16-22) English
Using logfile /etc/httpd/logs/vhost1-access_log (clf)
Creating output in /home/vhost1/stats
Hostname for reports is '[URL unfurl="true"]www.vhost1.com'[/URL]
Reading history file... webalizer_vhost1.hist
Generating report for November 2001
Generating summary report
Saving history information...
14 records in 0.49 seconds

But it still isn't running automatically!

 

[stanhubble]

will it run as an "at" job?

 

[marsd]

Frozenpeas,
Sorry, I'm always forgetting that linux isn't
everybody's native language.

assumptions:
You have created the wrapper.
You have placed it in /root/bin(or wherever)
and made it executable ; chmod 700 wrapper.

The last thing to do is modify your crontab
: try this:
5 23 * * * /root/bin/wrapper

This should work.

Also you could enter the cmd substitution(prev post) in
your crontab and run the one liner instead.

 

[frozenpeas]

Ahhh!!!! Marsd! I didn't have the permissions set right! I am betting this will run tomorrow morning... I can't believe I overlooked that.

Linux is definitely NOT my native language, but I am glad you are fluent.

Thank you very much!

frozenpeas

 

[frozenpeas]

Argh!!! No go. It STILL isn't running.

There is nothing in the cron logs, either.

Any ideas???

 

[marsd]

You said the script ran by itself right?
There is another reason then why it should not run
from the crontab. Maybe you should do a couple of tests:

This is a root crontab right?
run the script at certain intervals:
25 12,17,19 * * * /root/bin/wrapper | logger
try it with exec /root/bin/wrapper | logger

Have you checked all logs for the times
you mentioned? The webalizer logs as well?
As a side note, are the other cron jobs running?
I do not believe that 0 is a valid time for
cron,it may be, but a positive value leaves no
room for doubt.

 

[frozenpeas]

It is a root crontab. I can't find anything in the logs. The script does work properly.

As far as 0 being a valid time for cron, it is (from what I have found). It can be 0-23.

I will try to run it with logger and see what happens.

Thanks.

 

[ifincham]

Hi,







What marsd has already advised seems perfectly logical to me - can't see why it doesn't work if the script itself works...







Anyway, if you install webalizer from redhat rpm the following script is placed in /etc/cron.daily :











#! /bin/bash



# update access statistics for the web site







if [ -s /var/log/httpd/access_log ] ; then



/usr/bin/webalizer



fi







exit 0







(owner/group root and permissions 755).







It is actually named 00webalizer so that it is executed before all the other scripts in /etc/cron.daily .







What I would try is to create a directory called (for example) /etc/cron.daily2 and place your equivalent webalizer script in it. Then edit /etc/crontab so that you have 'run-parts' (/usr/bin/run-parts script) do what it does for /etc/cron.daily but at a different time :







# run-parts



01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly



02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily



22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly



42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly



5 0 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily2







That is essentially the same as marsd' suggestion but is called the way that redhat calls other cron controlled scripts so maybe it might work....







Regards

 

[bluedevils]

Put a line in the beginning of your webalizer to make a flag file. If you see this flag file, then the webalizer is wrong and your cron is correct.

soumething like "touch /export/home/webcronflag"

 

[frozenpeas]

Great, it's finally working!

My crontab now looks like this:

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

# sysstat
0 * * * 0,6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1 600 6 &
5 19 * * * /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A &

# webalizer (run daily at 12:05 am)
05 0 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily2

Thank you, everyone for your help.

frozenpeas