On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 17:44, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> I get the following error for a cron job that runs ntpdate:
> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:26:42 -0800
> From: Cron Daemon
> Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report
> /etc/cron.daily
> To: root
>
> /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate:
> run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate: Exec format error
> run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate exited with return code 1
>
> The file format _looks_ ok to me, and the commands succeed when run
> manually in the shell (including the if...then conditions).
> Any suggestions?
>
> /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate:
> # cron script to run ntp client & sync clock.
> #
> # Run queue at 09:20
> # m h dom mon dow user command
> @reboot root \
> if [ -x /usr/sbin/ntpdate ]; then \
> /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s ntp.ucsd.edu ntp1.mainecoon.com; \
> fi
> 20 9 * * * root \
> if [ -x /usr/sbin/ntpdate ]; then \
> /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s ntp.ucsd.edu ntp1.mainecoon.com; \
> fi
> # <verbose comments about the ntp servers truncated>
>
I think /etc/cron.daily is not where you want to put your script. Try
/etc/cron.d/.
man cron:
Additionally, cron reads the files in /etc/cron.d: it treats the files
in /etc/cron.d as extensions to the /etc/crontab file (they follow the
special format of that file, i.e. they include the user field). The
intended purpose of this feature is to allow packages that require finer
control of their scheduling than the /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly}
directories allow to add a crontab file to /etc/cron.d.
Chris
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