FC" Cron Error - Newbe Question

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 26.09.2004 schrieb Robert Slade um 21:15:

> > 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.

If you run "crontab -e" as root the crontab settings go to
/var/spool/cron/root, not to /etc/crontab.

>  
> > > 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.

This this previous comment. Those lines have not to be in any
/var/spool/cron/$USER crontab.

> > > # 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.

Either edit /etc/crontab _or_ use the custom crontab lines when running
"crontab -e".

> Rob

Alexander


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