I had a similar experience recently on the alpha platform. If I added something to the crontab file, it didn't run. I had to stop and start the cron daemon to get the new entry to run. Reloading didn't do it. This is on frozen.
Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:33:01 -0800 > From: kmself@ix.netcom.com > To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: cron.daily isn't > > I seem to have a problem with my anacron. In particular, cron.daily > scripts don't appear to run when advertised, or more troubling, at all. > > Both cron and at are doing fine. > > Anyone else had similar experiences? Managing local news is getting to > be a real PITA. > > -- > Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > > Scope out Scoop: http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ > Nothin' rusty about Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/ >