crontab configuration in FreeBSd -6.2

2007-06-27 Thread dhaneshk k
Hi all I need to configure a crontab for a FreeBSD -6.2 box . To test it , as root user I entered a line into the /etc/crontab by using easyeditor as follows 50 21 * * * root/root/testcron and I saved this.(cat /root/testcron is

Re: crontab configuration in FreeBSd -6.2

2007-06-27 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Wednesday 27 June 2007, dhaneshk k wrote: Hi all I need to configure a crontab for a FreeBSD -6.2 box . To test it , as root user I entered a line into the /etc/crontab by using easyeditor as follows 50 21 * * * root/root/testcron

Re: crontab configuration in FreeBSd -6.2

2007-06-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
See the FAQ entry titled Why do I keep getting messages like “root: not found” after editing my crontab file? http://be-well.ilk.org/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#ROOT-NOT-FOUND-CRON-ERRORS -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area