Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:10:34 +0100 From: Rogier Steehouder <r.j.s@gmx.net> To: Leland <lsp3@gte.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CRON problem Message-ID: <20011031131034.A67531@localhost> In-Reply-To: <001201c161f1$ac406b00$d7012104@vz.dsl.genuity.net>; from lsp3@gte.net on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 01:51:53AM -0800 References: <3BDE4C5C.65994DD6@bulinfo.net> <153104901840.20011031010222@mindspring.com> <001201c161f1$ac406b00$d7012104@vz.dsl.genuity.net>
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On 31-10-2001 01:51 (-0800), Leland wrote:
> Cron at the specified sends the following message and the script which is
> not run.
> #this is username crontab
> #
> #
> #min hour mday month wday who command
> 1 0 * * * username /usr/home/downeyca/cgi/today.pl
> 1 1 * * * username /usr/home/downeyca/.script/tomorrow.pl
The username field is only for the systemwide /etc/crontab. Personal
crontabs are run as the user and do not accept this field. The error is
that cron tries to run the command 'username', which does not exist.
With kind regards, Rogier Steehouder
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