From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 20 6:46:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fe020.worldonline.dk (fe020.worldonline.dk [212.54.64.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 557BB14E6C for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 06:46:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vepjan@image.dk) Received: (qmail 27606 invoked by uid 0); 20 Dec 1999 14:46:30 -0000 Received: from 18.ppp1-25.image.dk (HELO host) (212.54.70.18) by fe020.worldonline.dk with SMTP; 20 Dec 1999 14:46:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 1057 invoked by uid 1001); 20 Dec 1999 14:47:10 -0000 From: vepjan@image.dk Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:47:10 +0100 To: Stefan Aeschbacher Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron error message Message-ID: <19991220154710.A1039@jens.dk> References: <385EB774.13B922A8@aeschbacher.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <385EB774.13B922A8@aeschbacher.com>; from security@aeschbacher.com on Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 03:10:44PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 /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