Crontab not running any task on Centos 6

I try to install the missing crontab on Centos 6 but my tasks not running

yum -y install crontabs cronie cronie-anacron

Then i edit it using:

nano anacrontab - e

then i add my two lines inside but never runs ...

I also add the lines to test on crontab file but as i am using Centos 6 i think is better to use the anacrontab.

Then after not working i try this:

/etc/init.d/crond restart

All OK !

Then this:
service crond status

And i got running with pid bla bla...

On cron logs i can see other things to run like disk alert and logrotate that are files that exist on /etc/cron.daily ....

But when i add my lines on anacrontab there are not any other entries there and the same also for crontab...

Any ideas?

Any ideas on how to remove this and installing the normal crontab and start using it?

 

Are you running a server or desktop/laptop? anacrontab should not be used for servers. Servers you use crond and modify the crontab with "crontab -e"

 

Server Centos 6 64 Bit.

Centos start using anacrod i don't know why so i try to install this using:

yum -y install crontabs cronie cronie-anacron

Now how can i uninstall this so i can install the normal crontab?

 

You cam do yum remove but crontabs and crond come installed by default with CentOS

 

Maybe it was a minimal installation

Can i run this to remove it:

And then install the normal crontab on Centos 6?

Is this ok for normal crontab ?

Thank you

 

Problem solved !

 

Cron has always been a pain in the ass and I have to teach every new admin assistant how to do it. Pain in the butt and a waste of a lot of time. So my solution for our small server farm here is to INSTALL WEBMIN. It allows you to run cron jobs and any other dam thing you want to do with your server.