On Du, 11 mai 14, 12:07:47, Ron Leach wrote: > > /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root indeed contains exactly the error you mention: > > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. > # (/tmp/crontab.jE2KHC/crontab installed on Fri Dec 31 08:54:50 2010) > # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $) > # /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab > # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' > # command to install the new version when you edit this file > # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields, > # that none of the other crontabs do. > > SHELL=/bin/sh > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > > # m h dom mon dow user command > 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly > > Filip, the comment suggests that I shouldn't edit this file here.
Actually you have no way of knowing this. That part could have just been copy-pasted by someone mistaking root's crontab with the system crontab (/etc/crontab). The presence of a 'user' field seems to support this. My suggestion still stands: keep the content of root's crontab somewhere (just in case), but remove it. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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