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Description of problem: cron can not execute scheduled jobs Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.32-415.el6.x86_64 crontabs-1.10-33.el6.noarch cronie-1.4.4-10.el6.x86_64 cronie-anacron-1.4.4-10.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps: 1.sign in using root user, and schedule one job, print "hello" to /root/1.log file per minute. [root@amd-4450b-4-1 ~]# crontab -e crontab: installing new crontab [root@amd-4450b-4-1 ~]# crontab -l */1 * * * * echo hello >> /root/1.log 2. wait several mins, check the /root/1.log, no 1.log created in root dir, tail the log of crontab [root@amd-4450b-4-1 ~]# tail /var/log/cron Aug 29 21:44:08 amd-4450b-4-1 crontab[9397]: (root) REPLACE (root) Aug 29 21:44:08 amd-4450b-4-1 crontab[9397]: (root) END EDIT (root) Aug 29 21:54:43 amd-4450b-4-1 crond[7761]: (CRON) STARTUP (1.4.4) Aug 29 21:54:43 amd-4450b-4-1 crond[7761]: (CRON) INFO (RANDOM_DELAY will be scaled with factor 9% if used.) Aug 29 21:54:46 amd-4450b-4-1 crond[7761]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support) Aug 29 22:01:01 amd-4450b-4-1 crontab[8285]: (root) LIST (root) Aug 30 10:19:06 amd-4450b-4-1 crontab[10877]: (root) LIST (root) Aug 30 10:19:48 amd-4450b-4-1 crontab[10920]: (root) BEGIN EDIT (root) Aug 30 10:19:52 amd-4450b-4-1 crontab[10920]: (root) REPLACE (root) Aug 30 10:19:52 amd-4450b-4-1 crontab[10920]: (root) END EDIT (root) Actual results: The scheduled job was not executed by system. Expected results: Should be like: [root@localhost ~]# cat /root/1.log hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello In /var/log/cron: Aug 30 10:02:01 localhost CROND[9782]: (root) CMD (echo hello >> /root/1.log) Aug 30 10:03:01 localhost CROND[9807]: (root) CMD (echo hello >> /root/1.log) Aug 30 10:04:01 localhost CROND[9832]: (root) CMD (echo hello >> /root/1.log) Aug 30 10:05:01 localhost CROND[9857]: (root) CMD (echo hello >> /root/1.log) Aug 30 10:06:01 localhost CROND[9884]: (root) CMD (echo hello >> /root/1.log) Aug 30 10:07:01 localhost CROND[9908]: (root) CMD (echo hello >> /root/1.log) Aug 30 10:08:01 localhost CROND[9932]: (root) CMD (echo hello >> /root/1.log) This issue can not be reproudced by: cronie-1.4.4-7.el6.x86_64 crontabs-1.10-33.el6.noarch cronie-anacron-1.4.4-7.el6.x86_64
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1002153 ***