Dear All,
Currently i am using CentOS 4.4 Linux
I have configured crontab to run cron.daily at 4:02 am
2 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
On 4:02 am my pc is shutdown and i am boot-up my pc on 13:11:10
Please verify the system log messages from "/var/log/messages" file
Jul 30 13:11:10 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart (remote reception).
Jul 30 13:11:10 localhost snmpd[2663]: Received TERM or STOP
signal... shutting down...
Jul 30 13:11:11 localhost snmpd: snmpd shutdown succeeded
Jul 30 13:11:11 localhost snmpd: snmpd startup succeeded
Jul 30 13:11:12 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart (remote reception).
Jul 30 13:11:12 localhost logrotate: ALERT exited abnormally with [1]
But Logrotate will be done after PC is boot-up
Please verify the logrotate messages from "/var/spool/mail/root"
file
From root at localhost Wed Jul 30 13:15:07 2008
Return-Path: <root at localhost>
Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
by localhost (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m6U7j7ll012654
for <root at localhost>; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:15:07 +0530
Received: (from root at localhost)
by localhost (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id m6U7j7xn012641
for root; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:15:07 +0530
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:15:07 +0530
Message-Id: <200807300745.m6U7j7xn012641 at localhost>
From: root at localhost (Anacron)
To: root at localhost
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ANSI_X3.4-1968"
Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily'
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
I am not sure why this is happening. Can some one throw light on this.
Regards
-S.Balaji
