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Subject: Re: cron mail
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From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
Date: 21 Feb 2001 16:49:09 -0500
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genisis@istar.ca (Dru) writes:

> On 21 Feb 2001, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> 
> > I don't have my copy at hand, but I'm *sure* that the book did not
> > advise you to type "crontab /etc/crontab".  
> > 
> > It is, nonetheless, a frequently asked question.  See 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#ROOT-NOT-FOUND-CRON-ERRORS
> 
> Actually, it does on page 156 of the second edition.
> 
> "crontab crontab" installs a crontab that you've created with an
> editor. This step is unnecessary if you edit the crontab directly using
> "crontab -e" as this switch invokes the vi editor for you then updates the
> crontab accordingly.

You appear to be confused about the difference between "crontab crontab" 
and "crontab /etc/crontab".  /etc/crontab is not, as you claimed, a
"crontab that you've created with an editor."  It's a very different
file, with a slightly different format, and completely inappropriate
for installation with the crontab command.  I repeat that I am *sure*
that Greg Lehey never advised typing "crontab /etc/crontab".  [I don't
have that edition to check, but I'm still completely confident.]

> Cheers,
> 
> Dru
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > > Now every 5 minutes root gets an email. Something like:
> > > Cron <root@ns1> root
> > > From: root
> > > To: root
> > > x-cron-env <shell=/bin/sh>
> > > etc....
> > > 
> > > root not found
> > > 
> > > I've killed cron to stop the message, but why is it doing this?
> > > 
> > > My shell is set to /bin/csh and I've tried changing it back to /bin/sh, 
> > > (chsh)but the messages just keep coming.
> > > 
> > > Only line I can see in the crontab file that's causing this is:
> > > /5	*	*........root  /usr/libexec/atrun
> > > 
> > > I can't seem to come up with enough info on atrun to help, or how to 
> > > tell Cron-env that the shell is now /bin/csh.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Jim McIver
> > > 
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