Re: problems with cron...

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From
Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
Date
2 May 1995 21:22:11
Subject
Re: problems with cron...
Message-ID
199505030419.VAA03841@gndrsh.aac.dev.com


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> Can someone test to see if crontab -e works?
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> I did a
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> crontab -e
> * * * * * root /bin/ls

Now I know what your problem is, crontab -e when logged in as root
edit's /var/cron/tabs/root. Files in /var/cron *DO NOT* take a
user name field!! Only /etc/crontab does, and you use vi or any
other editor to change it, not crontab -e!!!!

> and then:
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> crontab -e
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> and deleted it
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> but it kept on running once a minute

CHeck that /var/cron/tabs/root is empty, rm it since you probably
don't want one there anyway, kill and restart cron.


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Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD


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