crontab error

[Robert Moskowitz]

This is on F12.

When I edit /etc/crontab (SUed as root, using VI) I see the following in 
/var/log/cron after I save crontab:

Feb 16 00:39:02 hda crond[1541]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/crontab)
Feb 16 00:39:02 hda crond[1541]: (CRON) bad username (/etc/crontab)

My crontab content is:

# cat crontab
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# For details see man 4 crontabs

# Example of job definition:
# .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
# |  .------------- hour (0 - 23)
# |  |  .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
# |  |  |  .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
# |  |  |  |  .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR 
sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
# |  |  |  |  |
# *  *  *  *  *  command to be executed
1 4 * * * /usr/bin/rsync -a /home/ /media/2GHJTCB4/backups/hda/home