On 2007/03/28 08:41, Will Maier wrote: > According to cron(8), cron should be able to read commands from a > properly formatted and chmoded /etc/crontab file. I've created such > a file, but I can't seem to get cron to run the test command in it. > > # cat <<EOF > /etc/crontab > */1 * * * * /usr/bin/touch /tmp/crontest
The system crontab (/etc/crontab) has an addition "user" field before command, see crontab(5).
