Command not working in crontab, but work in terminal

Question

I have command in crontab:

20 * * * *      root    /usr/bin/find /home/user/temps/ -type f -mmin +20 -delete

If I run this command in terminal everything works fine, but in /etc/crontab doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Ubuntu 18.04 in journalctl -u cron.service

CRON[17590]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
CRON[17591]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/find /home/user/temps/ -type f -mmin +15 -delete )
CRON[17590]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root

if i add > /tmp/output to command - file empty

verify if command in crontab is executing or check crontab logs referring to https://askubuntu.com/q/56683/283843 — αғsнιη, Jan 14 '21 at 10:32
What crontab are you using ? Did you edit /etc/crontab file with the above line or did you add it to your own / root's crontab with crontab -e ? — Soren A, Jan 14 '21 at 10:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '21 at 06:20

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Strange problem, but i fix it just restart my server. After reboot cron start working.

answered Jan 15 '21 at 06:20

Anton Chirkov

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Command not working in crontab, but work in terminal

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