Where is the cron / crontab log? / How to enable the Cron Log?
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- modify rsyslog config: open /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf,remove # before cron.*
pico /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf
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# Default rules for rsyslog.
#
# For more information see rsyslog.conf(5) and /etc/rsyslog.conf
#
# First some standard log files. Log by facility.
#
auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
cron.* /var/log/cron.log
#daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
#lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log
mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
#user.* -/var/log/user.log
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chown syslog:admin cron.log
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restart rsyslog service: sudo service rsyslog restart
sudo service rsyslog restart
- restart cron service: service cron restart
service cron restart
Now you can check cron log from file cat /var/log/cron.log
[warning]
if you have problems please reboot the server!