^0-59/1 * * * * root /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg 2 >&1 > /dev/null Both does not work.
This sort of thing works fine for me (to prevent output). I hope that <space> is a cut'n'paste error, though: I don't think "2 >&1" will do anything like you expect. I may be wrong, though :-) - but I do always do it space-less: "2>&1".
-- [neil@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature [neil@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .signature: No such file or directory [neil@fnx ~]# exit