Re: Crontab error mails
please. top-post, Dont "Johan Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > That is the format for the system crontab. /etc/crontab > > > > root has its own crontab entry (under /root). > > > > user crontabs have a different format then the system crontab. > > > > Remove the root from that line, and it should work. > > I was just wondering because the default installation of crontab has the > following comment line in /etc/crontab: > > # > #minute hourmdaymonth wdaywho command > # > > ...and the entries that I found there had 'root' under the 'who' column. I > haven't edited the crontab-file before yesterday when I added my two > lines. You didn't add them to /etc/crontab. > But having said this I removed 'root' under the 'who' column and now it > seems to work nicely again. Why is there the 'who' column in the system > default crontab or what crontab file did crontab read before I ran > 'crontab /etc/crontab' since the format of that crontab file seems to be > incorrect? You edited your *user* crontab. Maybe the user crontab for "root", but not /etc/crontab. User crontabs have exactly the same format as /etc/crontab *except* for the user column (because they assume the user, naturally enough). For more information, you could see the FAQ entry on exactly this subject. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#ROOT-NOT-FOUND-CRON-ERRORS ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Crontab error mails
Hi! > That is the format for the system crontab. /etc/crontab > > root has its own crontab entry (under /root). > > user crontabs have a different format then the system crontab. > > Remove the root from that line, and it should work. I was just wondering because the default installation of crontab has the following comment line in /etc/crontab: # #minute hourmdaymonth wdaywho command # ...and the entries that I found there had 'root' under the 'who' column. I haven't edited the crontab-file before yesterday when I added my two lines. But having said this I removed 'root' under the 'who' column and now it seems to work nicely again. Why is there the 'who' column in the system default crontab or what crontab file did crontab read before I ran 'crontab /etc/crontab' since the format of that crontab file seems to be incorrect? Thanks! > > Peter Elsner -- Johan Paul > > > At 09:19 PM 8/20/2003 +0300, you wrote: >>Hi all! >> >>What did I do wrong here; I edited /etc/crontab by adding two lines for >>execution and I think I even added then syntactically correct. I ran >> (just >>like Handbook told to do) crontab /etc/crontab. Now I get emails that >> say: >> >>Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> root /usr/libexec/atrun >> >>root: not found >> >>root is the user that should run the lines. Here is a line from crontab: >> >># make full backup weekly >>00 4 * * 7 root >> /usr/local/sbin/full_backup >> >> >>I commented out the lines that I added but still I get lines like that... >> >>Any help? Thanks! >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Johan Paul >> >>___ >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > Peter Elsner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) > 1835 S. Carrier Parkway > Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 > (972) 263-2080 - Voice > (972) 263-2082 - Fax > (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone > > ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Crontab error mails
That is the format for the system crontab. /etc/crontab root has its own crontab entry (under /root). user crontabs have a different format then the system crontab. Remove the root from that line, and it should work. Peter Elsner At 09:19 PM 8/20/2003 +0300, you wrote: Hi all! What did I do wrong here; I edited /etc/crontab by adding two lines for execution and I think I even added then syntactically correct. I ran (just like Handbook told to do) crontab /etc/crontab. Now I get emails that say: Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> root /usr/libexec/atrun root: not found root is the user that should run the lines. Here is a line from crontab: # make full backup weekly 00 4 * * 7 root/usr/local/sbin/full_backup I commented out the lines that I added but still I get lines like that... Any help? Thanks! Regards, Johan Paul ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Peter Elsner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
