[hamilton5]

# /etc/init.d/cron status

[Doc-Holiday]

Originally Posted by hamilton5 # /etc/init.d/cron status

savsin-linux@savsinlinux:~$ /etc/init.d/cron status
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service cron status

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the status(8) utility, e.g. status cron
cron start/running, process 1131

says its running.

[Doc-Holiday]

Originally Posted by Doc-Holiday savsin-linux@savsinlinux:~$ /etc/init.d/cron status Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility, e.g. service cron status Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart job, you may also use the status(8) utility, e.g. status cron cron start/running, process 1131 says its running.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Its ubuntu server and. The file is /etc/crontab.

@reboot ncbtest /home/ncbtest/start_servers.sh

[Doc-Holiday]

So I'm using crontab -e to edit my individual crontab.

The restart function is working fine. What's not working is my start script. Is I call the script by copy and paste from crontab. It doesn't run. It could be an issue with not being able to login

[hamilton5]

is there actually a user ncbtest? does the script have +x ? run the script from copy and paste from crontab?? is there any output at all?; ls -l /home/ncbtest/start_servers.sh

[Doc-Holiday]

Originally Posted by hamilton5 is there actually a user ncbtest? does the script have +x ? run the script from copy and paste from crontab?? is there any output at all?; ls -l /home/ncbtest/start_servers.sh

Runs from a copy pate just fine. Us the use is there tried putting it in the users crontab file still didn't work.

The restart I put in to the root crontab file work just not the users. Do to fix this I put it in a file that auto execs stuff

[Powerlord]

I tend to just put it in the users crontab by creating a text file named crontab.txt with this text

@reboot /home/ncbtest/start_servers.sh

and then running this as that user

crontab crontab.txt

[Jargon]

Major necro but I'm about to make the leap to a dedi myself and am going with a Linux distro as well.

How have you found the experience so far Doc?

[Ade]

when i hosted my own linux dedis there were no process hangs, but when i first started renting win servers it would hang after some crash i think, host saying maybe it was due to some sql file that i didn't use anyway but came with sourcemod
with starting and restarting i had no issues tho, and i heard a crash script isn't hard to find regardless of OS, i think it's even on the official srcds page

[Jargon]

What distro were you using Ade? Was there much tinkering/optimisation of the kernel needed or did it perform ok for you out of the box?