From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 28 23:37:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CFB637B400 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:37:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:35:53 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by 149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eAT7bIc91961; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:37:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:37:17 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" To: Kelsey Cummings Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2 crontab problems? Message-ID: <20001128233717.Q70192@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <3A2441A9.18C49626@sonic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3A2441A9.18C49626@sonic.net>; from kgc@sonic.net on Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 03:37:13PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 03:37:13PM -0800, Kelsey Cummings wrote: > When a user edits thier crontab (crontab -e) on a recently upgraded 4.2 > box, they get this error: > > "crontab.ALkxt20176" 4L, 313C written > crontab: temp file must be edited in place > > Root can, however, run `crontab -u user -e` and it works just fine. Any > suggestions? Did I miss something? Find the 'crontab -e' thread on freebsd-stable from Nov. 13th or so. This issue was discussed. Broken editor, IIRC. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message