root: not found ------------------------------- here is my /etc/crontab if it helps.: # /etc/crontab - root's crontab for FreeBSD # # $FreeBSD: src/etc/crontab,v 1.18.2.2 1999/08/29 14:18:39 peter Exp $ # SHELL=3D/bin/sh PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin HOME=3D/var/log # #minute hour mday month wday who command # */5 * * * * root /usr/libexec/atrun # # rotate log files every hour, if necessary 0 * * * * root newsyslog # # do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance #59 1 * * * root periodic daily 2>&1 | = sendmail root 30 3 * * 6 root periodic weekly 2>&1 | = sendmail root 30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly 2>&1 | = sendmail root # time zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock, # does nothing, if you have UTC cmos clock. # See adjkerntz(8) for details. ------------------------------- In another unrelated issue. I had some trouble with the servers having = hard crashes. I had the graphica bsd daemon screen saver running and on = a hunch disabled it. so far I have had no more crashes. is there any = known problems with the screensavers? Thanks for any help. :) ------=_NextPart_000_015E_01BF6386.6006F760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have set = up two servers=20 using freebsd 3.4 to be essentially identical machines. One of the two = machines=20 crond keeps sending error messages to root everytime it tries to execute = one of=20 the crontab entries. I am still somewhat of a newbie and I cannot make = sense of=20 the error message "root: not found." What does it mean, the other = machine=20 (identical in hardware and software setups) gives me no=20 trouble.

two of the messages:

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From root Thu Jan 20 19:40:00 = 2000
Date: Thu, 20=20 Jan 2000 19:40:00 -0500 (EST)
From: root (Cron Daemon)
To:=20 root
Subject: Cron <root@djoan> root = /usr/libexec/atrun
X-Cron-Env:=20 <SHELL=3D/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env:=20 <PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin>
X-Cron-Env:=20 <HOME=3D/root>
X-Cron-Env: = <LOGNAME=3Droot>
X-Cron-Env:=20 <USER=3Droot>

root: not found

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From root Thu Jan 20 20:00:00 = 2000
Date: Thu, 20=20 Jan 2000 20:00:00 -0500 (EST)
From: root (Cron Daemon)
To:=20 root
Subject: Cron <root@djoan> root newsyslog
X-Cron-Env:=20 <SHELL=3D/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env:=20 <PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin>
X-Cron-Env:=20 <HOME=3D/root>
X-Cron-Env: = <LOGNAME=3Droot>
X-Cron-Env:=20 <USER=3Droot>

root: not found

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here is my /etc/crontab if it = helps.:

# /etc/crontab - root's crontab for=20 FreeBSD
#
# $FreeBSD: src/etc/crontab,v 1.18.2.2 1999/08/29 = 14:18:39 peter=20 Exp=20 $
#
SHELL=3D/bin/sh
PATH=3D/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbinHOME=3D/var/log
#
#minute=20 hour    mday    month  =20 wday    who    =20 command
#
*/5    =20 *       = *      =20 *       = *      =20 root    /usr/libexec/atrun
#
# rotate log files = every hour,=20 if necessary
0      =20 *       = *      =20 *       = *      =20 root    newsyslog
#
# do daily/weekly/monthly=20 maintenance
#59     =20 1       = *      =20 *       = *      =20 root    periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail=20 root
30      = 3      =20 *       = *      =20 6       root    periodic = weekly=20 2>&1 | sendmail root

30 =20 5 = 1 =20 * = * =20 root periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root
# = time=20 zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock,
# does nothing, if you = have UTC=20 cmos clock.
# See adjkerntz(8) for details.

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In another unrelated issue. I had some = trouble with=20 the servers having hard crashes. I had the graphica bsd daemon = screen saver=20 running and on a hunch disabled it. so far I have had no more crashes. = is there=20 any known problems with the screensavers?

Thanks for any help.

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