cron job not starting Debian

On 13 Aug 2003, Jim wrote:

> I have a cronjob that never seems to start at the given time what is the
> best way to determine if it actually starts and if not why?
>
> In solaris there is an email sent to a given account for each cronjob;
> although In Debian I can not locate where that information is being
> stored.

By default, Vixie Cron logs using the LOG_CRON facility (and LOG_INFO
level). Have a look at your /etc/syslog.conf to see where syslogd logs it.

On Debian boxes, cron often logs to /var/log/syslog.

Also, make sure your cron daemon is running.

Jeremy C. Reed
http://www.reedmedia.net/