> if I type "fetchmail -a" manually, it works but the entry in the crontab > doesnt work. > The crontab entry looks like > > 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28 > ,29, > 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,5 > 5,56 > ,57,58,59 * * * * allan "/usr/bin/fetchmail -a"
Which user has that in their crontab? Is it root? What does the "allan" command do on your machine? I suspect that that is the part that isn't working. Have you tried an entry in allan's crontab that reads: * * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail -a > how do I run fetchmail once on startup as a certain user? you could put a line or two in, for example (although this might vary by what distribution you are using) /etc/rc.local that reads something like: su -c "your fetchmail command here" allan su -c "your fetchmail command here" otheruser > One last thing which I am particularly proud of is that I now have > ipv6 connectivity on my machines now :o) pointless I know but it was > worth the challenge. Congratulations! It's the way of the future :-) Hope that's at least some vague help. Martin -- Martin McCarthy /</ http://www.non-prophet.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] \>\ http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk /</ http://www.ehabitat.demon.co.uk _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
