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Date:      Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:37:17 -0800
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Kelsey Cummings <kgc@sonic.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.2 crontab problems?
Message-ID:  <20001128233717.Q70192@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <3A2441A9.18C49626@sonic.net>; from kgc@sonic.net on Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 03:37:13PM -0800
References:  <3A2441A9.18C49626@sonic.net>

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On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 03:37:13PM -0800, Kelsey Cummings wrote:
> When a user edits thier crontab (crontab -e) on a recently upgraded 4.2
> box, they get this error:
> 
> "crontab.ALkxt20176" 4L, 313C written
> crontab: temp file must be edited in place
> 
> Root can, however, run `crontab -u user -e` and it works just fine.  Any
> suggestions?  Did I miss something?

Find the 'crontab -e' thread on freebsd-stable from Nov. 13th or
so. This issue was discussed. Broken editor, IIRC.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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