Why doesn't crontab run if screensaver is on? I want to run a Crontab on OS X 10.11.1 (El Capitan).

I'm running the command:

env EDITOR=nano crontab -e


to enter the crontab with nano as the editor.

Then I create my cronjob that looks like this:

50 */15 * * * touch /home/test.txt


If I go to /home/ there is nothing:

User 15:50:home $ ls -la
total 2
dr-xr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     1 25 Nov 14:53 .
drwxr-xr-x  31 root  wheel  1122 29 Okt 10:02 ..


Why doesn't the cronjob run if the screensavers is on and screen is locked?
/home is used by the automounter and can't be written to. Just try with another directory (eg /tmp).