I'm getting this message ==================================== Feb 6 16:06:51 martha crond[6266]: (*system*) BAD FILE MODE (/etc/cron.d/fetchmail.cron) ==================================== in /var/log/cron when I add what seems a perfectly good 1-line file ==================================== 5,15,25,35,45,55 * * * * tim /usr/bin/fetchmail alfred ==================================== as /etc/cron.d/fetchmail.cron and restart crond. When I run the same file in my own name by "crontab fetchmail.cron" it works perfectly. I googled for "BAD FILE MODE" and read a number of postings from people who had had the same problem, but I didn't see any clear answer. I'm running crontabs-1.10-7 under Fedora-3. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
