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From: Mike Williams <mike@××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cron problem
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:59:34
Message-Id: 200604241054.29399.mike@gaima.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Cron problem by Uwe Thiem
1 On Monday 24 April 2006 08:21, Uwe Thiem wrote:
2 > > # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly
3 > > 0 * * * *       root    rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
4 >
5 >                       ^^^^
6 >
7 > This is trying to run the command "root" which doesn't exist.
8
9 Yup, with vixie-cron the *system* crontab needs the user specified, any *user*
10 crontab doesn't.
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