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Date:      Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:47:10 +0100
From:      vepjan@image.dk
To:        Stefan Aeschbacher <security@aeschbacher.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cron error message
Message-ID:  <19991220154710.A1039@jens.dk>
In-Reply-To: <385EB774.13B922A8@aeschbacher.com>; from security@aeschbacher.com on Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 03:10:44PM -0800
References:  <385EB774.13B922A8@aeschbacher.com>

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On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 03:10:44PM -0800, Stefan Aeschbacher wrote:
> Hi
> I get some strange error messages from cron. I had this problem
> on a 2.2.8 and on a 3.4-RC install. The common installations
> on the two boxes are cyrus mail server (most recent) and apache.
> I get a message for every entry in the crontab, in the rythm
> they get executed, for atrun this is every 5 min :(
> The programs are executed, but the error message appears anyway.
> sample message:
> 
> Subject: Cron <root@orcrist> root       /usr/libexec/atrun
> 
> root: not found
> 
> any clues?
> 

If it's the "personal" crontab of root (edited with crontab -e)
then you are not supposed to give a username (in this example "root").
A line in the crontab should only consist of a schedule and a
command.



Jens Gerlach Christensen (vepjan@image.dk)
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