On Tuesday 16 March 2004 15:30, Nitebirdz wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 10:59:18AM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: > > IIRC, if you edit user crontabs, you have to leave away the user field. > > The jobs will be run under the ID the crontab belongs to. If you use > > vixie cron, the user field is only needed in /etc/crontab and > > /etc/cron.d crontab segments. > > I'm sorry. You're right, and that's the way I was using it. I originally > entered the information *without* the username, but then I decided to try > using the "/etc/crontab" file instead where one needs to enter the > username. When I copied and pasted the contents of the file, I used the > latter. > > So, here is the latest on this issue: > > o If I add the entries I mentioned previously (*without* the usernames) via > 'crontab -e', the jobs never get executed. > > o If I add them to the "/etc/crontab" file, they do get executed but at > very different hours than the ones I specify. For instance, the > 'mkreport.deb' script runs at 7:00 PM for some reason. > > o Yes, the system time appears to be correct whenever I run the 'date' > command. > > > Any suggestions?
Just a thought - do you have anacron installed. Its a while since I have, but I have this feeling that it simulates the running of cron and therefore its the times in /etc/anacrontab that matter -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
