On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 12:27, Markku Kolkka wrote: > Robert Slade kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 25. syyskuuta 2004 09:57): > > My Crontab looks like this: > > Which crontab is this really? _Your_ crontab (the one created by running > "crontab -e") or the file /etc/crontab? The syntax for these files is different. It is the root crontab, all I have done is edited it with crontab -e (as root) to add the run-tasks. > > > SHELL=/bin/bash > > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > > MAILTO=root > > HOME=/ > > > > # run-parts > > 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > > 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily > > 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly > > 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly > > These lines are in /etc/crontab format, and are the cause of the error. > > > # run-tasks > > 0 2 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet -l /var/log/clam-update.log > > 0 3 * * * /var/qmail/bin/qmailstats 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null > > These are in the correct format for user crontab files > Why are you including /etc/crontab lines in your personal crontab? Please see above. They are required for my mail server which I am trying to setup. Rob
