CronJob not running

Question

I have set up a cronjob for root user in ubuntu environment as follows by typing crontab -e

  34 11 * * * sh /srv/www/live/CronJobs/daily.sh
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Answer 1

I found useful debugging information on an Ubuntu 16.04 server by running:

systemctl status cron.service

In my case I was kindly informed I had left a comment '#' off of a remark line:

Aug 18 19:12:01 is-feb19 cron[14307]: Error: bad minute; while reading /etc/crontab
Aug 18 19:12:01 is-feb19 cron[14307]: (*system*) ERROR (Syntax error, this crontab file will be ignored)