Not a directory: /etc/cron.hourly

[John_A]

Hi All,

I'm getting cron emails "Not a directory: /etc/cron.hourly" in every 52 minutes, /etc/crontab entry is given below,
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SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
51 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
48 2 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
29 5 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
48 1 3 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
~ ****************************
Also I've manually run "run-parts /etc/cron.hourly", but couldn't find any errors,
I'm using Plesk 11.5.30, any help would be appreciated,

 

[UFHH01]

http://kb.odin.com/en/117699 suggest:

# tr -d '\r' < /etc/crontab > /etc/crontab.fixed
# mv -f /etc/crontab.fixed /etc/crontab

 

[John_A]

I have already followed the above kb, getting below errors(and I think its not applicable in my case, doesn't find any invalid characters in
"hexdump" output.
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tr -d '\r' < /etc/crontab > /etc/crontab.fixed
[3] 11563
-bash: lt: command not found
[4] 11565
-bash: /etc/crontab: Permission denied
-bash: gt: command not found

[3]+ Stopped tr -d '\r'
[4] Exit 126 /etc/crontab
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Hexdump results

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hexdump -C /etc/crontab
00000000 53 48 45 4c 4c 3d 2f 62 69 6e 2f 62 61 73 68 0d |SHELL=/bin/bash.|
00000010 0a 50 41 54 48 3d 2f 73 62 69 6e 3a 2f 62 69 6e |.PATH=/sbin:/bin|
00000020 3a 2f 75 73 72 2f 73 62 69 6e 3a 2f 75 73 72 2f |:/usr/sbin:/usr/|
00000030 62 69 6e 0d 0a 4d 41 49 4c 54 4f 3d 72 6f 6f 74 |bin..MAILTO=root|
00000040 0d 0a 48 4f 4d 45 3d 2f 0d 0a 0d 0a 23 20 72 75 |..HOME=/....# ru|
00000050 6e 2d 70 61 72 74 73 0d 0a 35 31 20 2a 20 2a 20 |n-parts..51 * * |
00000060 2a 20 2a 20 72 6f 6f 74 20 72 75 6e 2d 70 61 72 |* * root run-par|
00000070 74 73 20 2f 65 74 63 2f 63 72 6f 6e 2e 68 6f 75 |ts /etc/cron.hou|
00000080 72 6c 79 0d 0a 34 38 20 32 20 2a 20 2a 20 2a 20 |rly..48 2 * * * |
00000090 72 6f 6f 74 20 72 75 6e 2d 70 61 72 74 73 20 2f |root run-parts /|
000000a0 65 74 63 2f 63 72 6f 6e 2e 64 61 69 6c 79 0d 0a |etc/cron.daily..|
000000b0 32 39 20 35 20 2a 20 2a 20 30 20 72 6f 6f 74 20 |29 5 * * 0 root |
000000c0 72 75 6e 2d 70 61 72 74 73 20 2f 65 74 63 2f 63 |run-parts /etc/c|
000000d0 72 6f 6e 2e 77 65 65 6b 6c 79 0d 0a 34 38 20 31 |ron.weekly..48 1|
000000e0 20 33 20 2a 20 2a 20 72 6f 6f 74 20 72 75 6e 2d | 3 * * root run-|
000000f0 70 61 72 74 73 20 2f 65 74 63 2f 63 72 6f 6e 2e |parts /etc/cron.|
00000100 6d 6f 6e 74 68 6c 79 |monthly|
00000107
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