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Date:      27 Jun 2003 17:05:00 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        "Timms, Simon" <STimms@petro-canada.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   [FAQ pointer] crontab root not found
Message-ID:  <44he6bb5ab.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <BB28669D4974D311B4A00008C75D1CF90F54C0D5@pcaxs02.pcacorp.net>
References:  <BB28669D4974D311B4A00008C75D1CF90F54C0D5@pcaxs02.pcacorp.net>

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"Timms, Simon" <STimms@petro-canada.ca> writes:

> I seem to be having some trouble with cron.  I edited my crontab file and
> added a line then ran 
> 
> #crontab /etc/crontab

"Don't do that, then."

Or, in the wording of the FreeBSD FAQ, 
"Why do I keep getting messages like ``root: not found'' after editing my crontab file?"http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#ROOT-NOT-FOUND-CRON-ERRORS



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