> > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:15:32 +0100 > From: Robert Slade <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: FC" Cron Error - Newbe Question > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1096226132.3203.4.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 12:27, Markku Kolkka wrote: > > Robert Slade kirjoitti viestissn (lhetysaika 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. Hi Robert: It looks like the file is combining entries for /etc/crontab (the system crontab file) and root's personal crontab /var/spool/cron/root. This is not going to work smoothly. To edit /etc/crontab, do not use 'crontab -e'. Simply use vi or your favorite editor. Using crontab -e as root will edit the file /var/spool/cron/root (it will create a personal cron file for any user who tries 'crontab -e'). If you edit this file by becoming root and using 'crontab -e', then you have root's personal crontab. You can take the entire section for run-parts out, because it's 1) not going to work correctly and 2) still being run from /etc/crontab unless that file has been changed. Entries in /etc/crontab can run jobs for any user, so you must specify the user in each entry. The personal crontab files run all jobs as the specific user, so the username is not included. As it stands, the entries for run-parts are trying to run a command called 'root' with arguments of 'run-parts /etc/....'. These lines don't belong here. If you need to execute run-parts from this file, take the 'root' out of each line. But you should not have to do this unless /etc/crontab has been damaged or removed from the system. I hope this makes sense and helps. Erik These entries are correct inside of /etc/crontab > > > # 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 entries belong in /var/spool/cron/root > > > # 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 > > You can fix them if you must use /var/spool/cron/root with > > # run-tasks > > > 0 2 * * * root /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet -l /var/log/clam-update.log > > > 0 3 * * * root /var/qmail/bin/qmailstats 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null > Rob
