Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:51:04 -0800 From: Ben Calvert <ben@stonehenge-net.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cron help? Message-ID: <3A9D3A88.30409@stonehenge-net.com> References: <15005.5708.642413.344467@guru.mired.org> <3A9D268B.12D92E49@mail.iowna.com>
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interesting... apparently typing 'crontab crontab' as root sets up an
additional user crontab instead of editing the /etc/crontab file.
thanks guys!
Bill Moran wrote:
> This looks like something I've seen before. It appears that you've got a
> user crontab with the system crontab format. A user crontab doesn't
> include the "who" like ("root" in this case) because it always runs as
> the user who owns it.
> Search around and see if you've got any other crontabs around that might
> contain the same data as this one. It's possible (especially if you're
> new) that you edited the crontab for a normal user as well.
>
> -Bill
>
> Mike Meyer wrote:
>
>> Ben Calvert <ben@stonehenge-net.com> types:
>>
>>> i just set up a new /etc/crontab (see below) yesterday and have been
>>> getting this every 5 minutes since. the weird thing is that the atrun
>>> line wasn't modified at all, i just added a script to run cvsup at 3 pm
>>> every day...
>>>
>>> this is my first time trying to set up cron, so i'm sure there's
>>> something really obvious i'm doing wrong...
>>
>>>
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