I have installed AutoMySQLBackup on both RH9.X and Debian3.X and while I had no trouble at all on the RH box, I am having a real issue with the Debian machine. I have edited the script and can run it as a shell script and have made a link in /etc/cron.daily. I don't get any mail notifications or backups, nuttin.
I am not a systems admin junky, so I'm not sure if its a cron issue (but suspect so) or what.
If anyone can suggest places to look, I'd be gratefully.
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did you make sure the .sh file was executable on Debian box? chmod 644 ? even though you can run it from shell as root, that doesn't mean that cron can. It has to be executable.
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I have installed AutoMySQLBackup on both RH9.X and Debian3.X and while I had no trouble at all on the RH box, I am having a real issue with the Debian machine. I have edited the script and can run it as a shell script and have made a link in /etc/cron.daily. I don't get any mail notifications or backups, nuttin.
I am not a systems admin junky, so I'm not sure if its a cron issue (but suspect so) or what.
If anyone can suggest places to look, I'd be gratefully.
did you make sure the .sh file was executable on Debian box? chmod 644 ? even though you can run it from shell as root, that doesn't mean that cron can. It has to be executable.
Also make sure that the script doesn't use the .sh extension.. Debian systems will not execute cron scripts with a .sh extension for some reason..