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juraskaz

Member

Registered: 2014-10-29

Posts: 4

Cron/cronie jobs issue

Hi everyone,

The short version of the problem:

I have installed cronie, enabled it with:

<code>systemctl enable cronie
systemctl start cronie</code>

Added new file named alarms in cron.d directory with the following content:
<code>*/1 * * * * root mpg123 /home/zilvinas/beep.mp3</code>

Also edited crontab using crontab -e command:
<code>[zilvinas@localhost cron.d]$ crontab -l
*/1 * * * * mpg123 /home/zilvinas/beep.mp3
</code>

The file beep.mp3 is at home directory and I want to trigger it every 15 minutes but for testing purposes I use timeframe for every 1 minute.

Some information when typing systemctl status cronie:
<code>
[zilvinas@localhost cron.d]$ systemctl status cronie
● cronie.service - Periodic Command Scheduler
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cronie.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2014-11-12 09:32:31 EET; 49min ago
Main PID: 8863 (crond)
   CGroup: /system.slice/cronie.service
           ├─8863 /usr/bin/crond -n
           └─9462 /usr/sbin/anacron -s

Nov 12 10:21:01 localhost CROND[9822]: pam_unix(crond:session): session closed for user root
Nov 12 10:21:02 localhost systemd-coredump[9830]: Process 9825 (mpg123) of user 0 dumped core.
Nov 12 10:21:03 localhost CROND[9823]: pam_unix(crond:session): session closed for user zilvinas
Nov 12 10:22:01 localhost crond[9840]: pam_unix(crond:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Nov 12 10:22:01 localhost CROND[9842]: (root) CMD (mpg123 /home/zilvinas/beep.mp3)
Nov 12 10:22:01 localhost crond[9841]: pam_unix(crond:session): session opened for user zilvinas by (uid=0)
Nov 12 10:22:01 localhost CROND[9843]: (zilvinas) CMD (mpg123 /home/zilvinas/beep.mp3)
Nov 12 10:22:01 localhost CROND[9840]: pam_unix(crond:session): session closed for user root
Nov 12 10:22:02 localhost systemd-coredump[9847]: Process 9842 (mpg123) of user 0 dumped core.
Nov 12 10:22:02 localhost CROND[9841]: pam_unix(crond:session): session closed for user zilvinas
</code>

When typing the command alone it works perfectly and beep sound can be heard.

Maybe anyone knows how this problem could be solved?

I would appreciate any thoughts that could point in right direction.

juraskaz

Member

Registered: 2014-10-29

Posts: 4

Re: Cron/cronie jobs issue

Additionally what I have noticed that the message appears when there is audio running in the background (for example in youtube or rhytmbox). If no audio is playing then it beeps successfully.