[mrtg] MRTG not running by default after reboot

[Steve Shipway]

Does that time syntax work in your version of cron?  For some, you’d need
to use

 

*/5 * * * * root [ -x /usr/bin/mrtg -a -r /etc/mrtg.cfg ] && env LANG=C
/usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg.cfg >> /var/log/mrtg/mrtg.log 2>&1

 

Or even…

 

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * root …..

 

Also check permissions etc on the file in cron.d to make sure it is actually
being processed.  Try putting the definition (without the ‘root’ bit)
directly in the root crontabs instead.

 

Steve

 

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From: mrtg-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz at lists.oetiker.ch
[mailto:mrtg-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz at lists.oetiker.ch] On Behalf Of
Joel Roberts
Sent: Thursday, 16 May 2013 8:53 a.m.
To: mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch
Subject: [mrtg] MRTG not running by default after reboot

 

Just did a new install of mrtg, been a while since I’d done one so jumped
through some hoops to get the index pages just the way I wanted them, but
now when rebooting the server (Debian Linux 6), mrtg doesn’t run on its
own, I have to execute:

 

env LANG=C /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg.cfg

 

from the terminal to get it to start graphing again. I checked in /etc/cron.
d, the mrtg file is there with the following entry:

 

0-55/5 * * * * root if [ -x /usr/bin/mrtg ] && [ -r /etc/mrtg.cfg ]; then
env LANG=C /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg.cfg >> /var/log/mrtg/mrtg.log 2>&1; fi

 

The log file listed in the cron job hasn’t been updated in 2 days either,
even after manually starting mrtg. Any help in getting it to run
automatically would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Joel

 

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