Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 10:15:05 -0400 From: "Harry Patterson" <harry@visiontm.com> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "stephen farrell" <stephen@farrell.org> Subject: Re: crontab problems Message-ID: <01bd609d$3b380160$f46190cf@hp.harry.com>
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>The format for root's crontab and /etc/crontab are different. in >particular, the /etc/crontab file needs to list who the process runs >as (e.g., root). Sounds like you're using the format for /etc/crontab >in root's crontab entry... I've read and re-read the man pages and can't find the distinction between root's crontab and /etc/crontab (user level differences are obvious with the user field removed) . I assumed that the only way to change the "system" crontab was to edit it as root and perform a "crontab crontab" as root. Is there a different way? How does the system crontab take effect and how do you change it? Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Harry Patterson <mailto:harry@visiontm.com> ----------------------------------------------------- Vision Technology Management <http://www.visiontm.com>; Web Presence, On-Line Malls, & Business Cards FREE E-Mail Technology Newsletter <http://www.visiontm.com/newsletter.html>; >(hopeI got the attribution right?) > >> > I am having trouble with cron. I have Freebsd 2.2.5. The daily, weekly and >> > monthly processes work fine, but several days ago I started to get error >> > message in root's mail (see below) stating "root: not found" whenever it >> > tries to run atrun or newsyslog. I've included a sample from the cron log >> > file, the crontab file itself and the mail message. The atrun and newsyslog >> > files are in the directories that the crontab file is pointing to. It's the >> > root crontab file, so I don't think it's a rights issue. I'm at a loss as to >> > what it's trying to tell me and how to fix it. >> > >> > Could someone point me in the right direction? > > >-- > >Steve Farrell > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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