Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 10:06:36 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Eric Dahan <ericdahan@MEIway.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cron messages : root: not found Message-ID: <20020515100636.B57801@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020514182628.0418a3a8@ms1.meiway.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020514182628.0418a3a8@ms1.meiway.com>
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On Tuesday, 14 May 2002 at 18:30:50 +0200, Eric Dahan wrote: > Hello, > > My cron deaemon keeps sending me e-mails. For every job in > /etc/crontab I get this e-mail: > > Subject: Cron <root@mgw1> root /etc/postfix/reject_queue/reject_queue.sh > > root: not found > > or: > > subject line: > > Subject: Cron <root@mgw1> root /usr/libexec/atrun > > root: not found > > I don't get it, but i'm a fraid y FreeBSD 4.2 RELEASE can't find the > root user anymore? It worked perfetly for more than 12 months, but > since a few days it gives these mails. This looks as if you have moved a line from /etc/crontab into a user crontab. /etc/crontab has a 6th parameter, the user under which the job should run, which is missing in other crontabs. Just remove 'root' and all should be well. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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