Hello! I have a script(urls.sh) scheduled to run with Crontab at every hour. The script is all good and executes manually with [root@server cron.hourly]# ./urls.sh
But the scrip is not executing according to schedule.
This is what I see in /var/log/cron every hour:
crond[4729]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly/urls.sh)

My crontab look likes this:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly/urls.sh
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly


Any suggestions?

//Jedi

Hi and welcome to LinuxQuestions!

The system crontab /etc/crontab uses the run-parts command to run all the executable files inside the specified directory. You cannot put a file as argument to run-parts. Most likely the cron daemon has sent an error to root's mail, as
Leave the /etc/crontab file untouched and simply put the script inside the /etc/cron.hourly directory. Be sure it has executable permissions.

In alternative you can use the user's (or root's) specific crontab, using crontab -e.

Hi!
Many thanks for your input, the scrip is executing according to schedule.

Previous I also had to add the following argument to pam_access in /etc/pam.d/crond:
account required pam_access.so accessfile=/etc/security/access-cron.conf.
And an empty file:
# touch /etc/security/access-cron.conf

Otherwise I got:
server pam_access[1566]: access denied for user `root' from `cron'
server crond[1566]: Permission denied

Many thanks!