[Wolves] Baffled by cron (eedjit alert)

[James Rogers]

Paul Harrison wrote:

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>I'm running Ubuntu Hoary.  I can't get my head round cron at all - it
>doesn't appear to be working.
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>I looked at this:
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>http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html
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>for an intro to cron.  I try:
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>bogl at bogubu:~$ ps aux | grep crond
>bogl       699  0.0  0.0   3032   724 pts/0    S+   17:15   0:00 grep
>crond
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>...and that's all I get.  So then I try:
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>bogl at bogubu:~$ sudo crond
>Password:
>sudo: crond: command not found
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>Any cron jobs I try setting up using kcron do nothing.
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>I have googled and tried to R T fine M, but can't see what is up.
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>What am I doing wrong?
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>Paul
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hmm, article doesn't want to load
have you tried "sudo crontab"?
does "ps ax | grep cron" list "cron"?
There are quite a few cron programs and minus article I can say much more

James