From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Jun 27 14:05:03 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE9C737B401
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:05:03 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from rwcrmhc11.attbi.com (rwcrmhc11.attbi.com [204.127.198.35])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2864943FE0
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:05:03 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com)
Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[24.147.188.198])
          by attbi.com (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP
          id <2003062721050201300p4kuue>; Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:05:02 +0000
Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198]
	(may be forged))
	by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h5RL511V047478;
	Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:05:01 -0400 (EDT)
	(envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com)
Received: (from lowell@localhost)
	by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h5RL510q047475;
	Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:05:01 -0400 (EDT)
X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to
	freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f
Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com
To: "Timms, Simon" <STimms@petro-canada.ca>
References: <BB28669D4974D311B4A00008C75D1CF90F54C0D5@pcaxs02.pcacorp.net>
From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
Date: 27 Jun 2003 17:05:00 -0400
In-Reply-To: <BB28669D4974D311B4A00008C75D1CF90F54C0D5@pcaxs02.pcacorp.net>
Message-ID: <44he6bb5ab.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
Lines: 11
User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: [FAQ pointer] crontab root not found
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:05:04 -0000

"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