wwp wrote: > > On Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:59:17 +0100 Pete Biggs <pete at biggs.org.uk> wrote: > >>> >>> So, service is running but what could happen that makes /etc/cron.* not >>> being fired? >> >> You don't say, but if this is CentOS 7, then cron.daily/weekly/monthly >> is run using anacron, not cron. > > Oops, yes CentOS 7, sorry. > > For the record: > # service anacron status > Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status anacron.service > Unit anacron.service could not be found. > You have mail in /var/spool/mail/root > > Sure, anacron is not installed. So how could stuff in /etc/cron.{daily,weekly} > work until June 02? > Probably because it didn't need anacron at all, no? I've looked at yum > history, it doesn't talk at all about anacron (but cronie-anacron) so > it's not been installed and removed). anacron is part of the cronie-anacron package There is no anacron service file ... anacron is run by cron - see below: >> It's configured in /etc/anacrontab and is usually run once a day by the >> script /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron - cron.hourly is still run by cron. >> If the script doesn't exist, then anacron won't run and cron.daily etc >> won't happen. > > There's a /etc/cron.d/0hourly here: > ------------- > # Run the hourly jobs > SHELL=/bin/bash > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > MAILTO=root > 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > ------------- > > I'm still not sure that talking about anacron is relevant here, and I > don't know why either if you say it should be anacron in CentOS 7. grep for anacron in /var/log/cron* for any clues James Pearson