I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop.
I have used the /etc/crontab to set up a couple of entries that should run at different schedules.
Now, the problem is that these do not seem to be running. I have used these same entries in other ubuntu systems and they work alright.
Here is my crontab file:
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
# command to install the new version when you edit this file
# and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
# that none of the other crontabs do.
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
# m h dom mon dow user command
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
6 2-6/2 * * * root wget localhost/estimator/update_to_cs.php
26 2-6/2 * * * root wget localhost/estimator/update_estimator_cron.php
* * * * * printo touch /home/printo/test_cron_output.txt
* * * * * printo date >> /home/printo/test_cron_output.txt
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The user printo exists and has sudo privileges as well.
ps -ef | grep cron
shows that cron is running.
Any pointers on what I may be missing or a way to get to the root of the issue?
TIA.