Re: Cron runs out of control

have you tried to remove cron an reinstall ?? maybe some file is corrupted. Max -- Linux garaged 2.6.9-rc1-mm1 #3 SMP Mon Aug 30 12:14:50 CDT 2004 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GS/S d- s: a-29 C++(+++) ULAHI+++ P+ L++>+

Cron runs out of control

Hi all, I've got a Debian sarge machine, and while I've gone through and removed pretty much everything from : /etc/crontab /etc/cron.* /var/spool/cron/* if I give cron even a single small job to run, it goes crazy and chews up all the CPU cycles (and also doesn't respond to being stopped via th