[Techtalk] Troubleshooting cron

[P Casper]

Sorry, I should have mentioned.... when I put tripwire --check -S
/etc/tripwire/site.key -s -M in at the command line (same arguements I gave
it in the cron) it generates the report and emails it to my user name, as
long as I run it as root.... also added the entry to cron as root.

So I know it emails me correctly. :)

--Poppy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamster" <hamster at hamsternet.org>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: 22 July, 2002 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Techtalk] Troubleshooting cron


> Just a quick check before we go playing around with cron, but in your
tripwire config file, have you got a line in it somewhere
> /some/path -> +whatever (email you at your.address)
>
> I have seen before that people wonder where their tripwire reports are
when they havent actually set tripwire up to do any emailing.
>
> Additionally, you might want to test mail delivery by running
tripwire --test just to get it to email a dummy report.
>
> Hamster
>
>
> > I need some pointers on where to start troubleshooting cron...
> >
> > I set up the following in my crontab for root:
> > 59 23 * * sun tripwire --check -S /etc/tripwire/site.key -s -M
> >
> > To run obviously tripwire at 11:59 every Sunday night (at least, that's
> > what I wanted to set up)
> >
> > Happened to notice this morning that I did not have a tripwire report in
> > my inbox, and wondering what I should start with in order to find out
> > why it didn't run (and obviously fix it so I don't have to remember to
> > run a manual tripwire on Monday morning)
> >
> > TIA!
> > -- poppy
> >
>
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