Date: 21 Feb 2001 16:28:24 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jmciver@lmtribune.com (Jim McIver) Subject: Re: cron mail Message-ID: <44lmqz4tfr.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: jmciver@lmtribune.com's message of "21 Feb 2001 22:16:56 %2B0100" References: <3A93BF94.6321.97038C8@localhost>
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jmciver@lmtribune.com (Jim McIver) writes: > Me again... I was following the Compete FreeBsd book along and > came to a section that said to type "crontab crontab" to install and run > the crontab. I don't have my copy at hand, but I'm *sure* that the book did not advise you to type "crontab /etc/crontab". It is, nonetheless, a frequently asked question. See http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#ROOT-NOT-FOUND-CRON-ERRORS > Now every 5 minutes root gets an email. Something like: > Cron <root@ns1> root > From: root > To: root > x-cron-env <shell=/bin/sh> > etc.... > > root not found > > I've killed cron to stop the message, but why is it doing this? > > My shell is set to /bin/csh and I've tried changing it back to /bin/sh, > (chsh)but the messages just keep coming. > > Only line I can see in the crontab file that's causing this is: > /5 * *........root /usr/libexec/atrun > > I can't seem to come up with enough info on atrun to help, or how to > tell Cron-env that the shell is now /bin/csh. > > Any ideas? > > > Jim McIver > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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