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From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To: Lute Mullenix <lute@vfemail.net>
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Subject: Re: Help cron has gone berzerk
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On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:36:15AM -0500, Lute Mullenix wrote:
> Hi
> 
> For some reason on the 13th of this month something went haywire with
> cron. Below is a couple samples of what I am getting in root mail, any
> inlightenment on this would very appreciated.
> 
> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 03:40:00 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Cron Daemon <root@agnes>
> To: root@agnes
> Subject: Cron <root@agnes> root /usr/libexec/atrun
> 
> root: not found

FAQ: You've put the system crontab (ie /etc/crontab) in as the root
user's personal crontab. They're different. The personal user crontab
has one field less than the system crontab.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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