-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:28:01 -0700 (PDT), Khademul Islam wrote:
> I have setup crontab, using crontab -e to send some > e-mail in a routine basis. This is the error message I > got ... how I can fix it? I think I've answered a similar question recently. The answer is in "man 5 crontab". That manual explains that the format of a crontab edited with "crontab -e" is different from what you see in /etc/crontab. In particular, the sixth argument (the target user) must not be included. > /bin/sh: line 1: root: command not found > > & > >>>>>>>>> > > This is what I have in the crontab file(when I type > crontab -e after logging in as dislam on the server) > >> > > 10 7 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.special > 02 6 16 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.specialMonthly > 02 22 * * 6 root run-parts /etc/cron.specialWeekly Run "crontab -e" and drop the "root" from all three lines. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/X0zu0iMVcrivHFQRApYOAJ9xNRmdN7UDZY+5/p5OjxTUyAMnQACfeCpz eJSwwRNpNntJlRizzBvPcXg= =6xD1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
