Re: crontab error

1999-07-25 Thread Mike Almogy
i have almost the same configuration on other computer. In that computer evrything works fine. On my computer evrything work also, the server does the crontab jobs, just keeps sending me the error message. Mike Jeff Rose wrote: > Mike wrote: > > > > Here is the crontab file > > > > SHELL=/bin/

Re: crontab error

1999-07-25 Thread Jeff Rose
Mike wrote: > > Here is the crontab file > > SHELL=/bin/bash > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > MAILTO=root > HOME=/ My crontab has SHELL=/bin/sh (SuSE 6.1) so as long as /bin/sh exists, no problem! I do NOT use a HOME=/ (or HOME= at all on my personal box) > 0-59/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/

Re: crontab error

1999-07-24 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, guy keren wrote: Well, see, crontab specifically asks to use crontab -e , for good reasons, one of which is that crontab -e will open /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root and not /etc/crontab. That whole mechanism is a RedHat (and prolly debian too) mechanism of automating some stu

Re: crontab error

1999-07-24 Thread guy keren
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Ariel Biener wrote: > This is NOT where you put crontab entries, nor is this the format for > crontab (albeit close). the following is a work-around, not an answer to "why this problem occures in the first place" (even thought you're right - he shouldn't have tried doing wh

Re: crontab error

1999-07-24 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Jeff Rose wrote: It is not that. Read my mail. --Ariel > Mike wrote: > > > > Here is the crontab file > > > > SHELL=/bin/bash > > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > > MAILTO=root > > HOME=/ > > My crontab has SHELL=/bin/sh (SuSE 6.1) so as long as /bin/sh > exists, no p

Re: crontab error

1999-07-24 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Ariel Biener wrote: Ok. 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly this is /etc/crontab This is NOT where you put crontab entries, nor is this

Re: crontab error

1999-07-24 Thread Mike
Here is the crontab file SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts #0-59/5 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.5min 00 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 00 00 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 00 00 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 00 00 1 * * r

Re: crontab error

1999-07-24 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Jeff Rose wrote: That is not the problem: His crontab is trying to run: root /usr/bin/mrtg /mrtg/main-lizard.cfg and /bin/bash: is sending a response: /bin/bash: root: command not found Can we see the crontab file ? --Ariel > Mike wrote: > > > > Hi all. > > I'm kee

Re: crontab error

1999-07-24 Thread Jeff Rose
Mike wrote: > > Hi all. > I'm keep getting this error mesage in my root mail : > > Subject: Cron root /usr/bin/mrtg /mrtg/main-lizard.cfg > > /bin/bash: root: command not found > > my cron table looks like this : > > SHELL=/bin/bash > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > MAILTO=root You pro

crontab error

1999-07-23 Thread Mike
Hi all. I'm keep getting this error mesage in my root mail : Subject: Cron root /usr/bin/mrtg /mrtg/main-lizard.cfg /bin/bash: root: command not found my cron table looks like this : SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root # run-parts #0-59/5 * * * * root run-parts /et