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) -- "I can make you feel like I've never had sex before." Beavis & Butthead To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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