Re: can't use cron

2001-04-03 Thread Colin Watson
"Kuhar, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If you're trying to add the line as given: > >0 1 * * 5 root /root/update > >remove the word root after the number 5. This field is for a command, not a >user. That's true of normal crontabs, but the syntax of /etc/crontab is slightly different, and has

RE: can't use cron

2001-04-03 Thread Kuhar, Mike
;&1 # Some comment for documentation -mk > -Original Message- > From: Kim De Smaele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:21 AM > To: Colin Watson > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: can't use cron > > > maybe it

Re: can't use cron

2001-04-03 Thread Kim De Smaele
maybe it's just a litle mistake: make sure you are root ( I made this mistake once ! ) greets, Kim: Colin Watson wrote: > dko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I wrote a script and I want cron to start it everyweek > >I added 10 1 * * 5 root /root/update in crontab file and restarted cron > >when

Re: can't use cron

2001-04-03 Thread Colin Watson
dko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I wrote a script and I want cron to start it everyweek >I added 10 1 * * 5 root /root/update in crontab file and restarted cron >when I put crontab -l, it says no crontab for root ?!? root's crontab is different from /etc/crontab (you edit root's crontab with 'cro