I was having some issues with a cron job I created as root using crontab -e the entry was: */15 * * * * /path/to/file.py After ripping my hair out overnight (Troubleshooting tips): tail /var/log/cron (checks if it is running) add a line to your crontab: MAILTO=”you@domain.com” – will email you debugging info Here’s the[…]