Matthew Miller wrote: >> ==================================== >> Feb 6 16:06:51 martha crond[6266]: (*system*) BAD FILE MODE >> (/etc/cron.d/fetchmail.cron) > > "File mode" is another word for permissions. > >> ==================================== >> 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. > > If you do an ls -l on this file, what are the permissions? My guess is > that you've left it world-writable, but it's possible that cron is being > really picky and wants it to not group-writable either. In any case, do: > > chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/fetchmail.cron Thanks, that did indeed solve the problem. I'm slightly baffled, as I had what I thought was exactly the same setup on another identical machine and it seemed to work fine. However, that is one of the many computer mysteries in my life ... -- 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
