cron not running on bootup

packets · 06-15-2023, 10:25 PM

Does anyone here has an idea what could be the issue why cron is not running on bootup but ok if run manually? It can start manually using /etc/init.d/cron start. OS version is opensuse 11.3. Please don't recommend to upgrade. I know it is already EOL but we need to use this version.

Code:

# chkconfig --list| grep cron
cron                      0:off  1:off  2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off

/etc/init.d/rc5.d # ls -l *cron*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 May 30 14:11 K01cron -> ../cron
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 May 30 14:11 S11cron -> ../cron

MadeInGermany · 06-16-2023, 12:17 AM

Any error in /var/log/messages or /var/log/cron?
Is the current run level correct?

Code:

who -r

lvm_ · 06-16-2023, 12:34 AM

never mind

packets · 06-16-2023, 01:53 AM

No error in /var/log/messages.
No error in /var/log/cron. It is working fine if started manually after it bootup
Run level is correct. It is 5

Quote:

Any error in /var/log/messages or /var/log/cron?
Is the current run level correct?

MadeInGermany · 06-16-2023, 03:19 AM

Run

Code:

chkconfig --del cron
chkconfig --add cron

to recreate the links and the dependency chain.