On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 15:03:01 -0700
Allen Wayne Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello:
>
> i am getting the following message when the cron.hourly jobs are invoked. but
> not on the daily or weekly. (a month has not passed, so i don't know if the
> monthly run will have the problem.)
>
> interestingly enough, there are no files in /etc/cron.hourly.
>
> /bin/bash: line 1: root: command not found
>
> the /etc/crontab file is as follows:
>
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> HOME=/
>
> # run-parts
> 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
Hi Allen,
Any chance you've been editing the root users crontab?
I'm guessing you've got the cron.daily line copied into the root
users crontab (which is separate from /etc/crontab). If you do
a "crontab -e" when logged in as root you'll likely see the
offending entry. Another way to confirm this is to comment
out the hourly line in the /etc/crontab and see if the error
messages continue.
The root users crontab does not require the extra user-field
that is required by the /etc/crontab. Therefore, if this line is
copied verbatim, the word "root" will be misinterpreted as the
start of the command to execute generating an error like the
one you see.
HTH,
Sean
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