cron

Posted January 22, 2025  ‐  1 min read

Enable or create a cron.log file

• Edit the /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf file. Find and uncomment the line starting with #cron.*
• Restart rsyslog service:

$ sudo systemctl restart rsyslog
## verify it ##
$ sudo systemctl status rsyslog 

• View the cron logs as sudo tail -f /var/log/cron.log

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