Dear All,
Currently i am using CentOS 4.4 Linux
I have configured crontab to run cron.daily at 4:02 am
2 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
On 4:02 am my pc is shutdown and i am boot-up my pc on 13:11:10
Please verify the system log messages from "/var/log/messages" file
Jul 30 13:11:10 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart (remote reception).
Jul 30 13:11:10 localhost snmpd[2663]: Received TERM or STOP
signal... shutting down...
Jul 30 13:11:11 localhost snmpd: snmpd shutdown succeeded
Jul 30 13:11:11 localhost snmpd: snmpd startup succeeded
Jul 30 13:11:12 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart (remote reception).
Jul 30 13:11:12 localhost logrotate: ALERT exited abnormally with [1]
But Logrotate will be done after PC is boot-up
Please verify the logrotate messages from "/var/spool/mail/root" file
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Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily'
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
I am not sure why this is happening. Can some one throw light on this.
Regards
-S.Balaji