Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with vixie-cron

[Dave Nebinger]

Thiago Lüttig wrote:
> Hi, i´m trying to automate a proccess with vixie-cron, so I edit the
> /etc/crontab file, and after run crontab /etc/crontab, i look into the
> log (/var/log/crond/current) and the following message apears: [cron]
> (*system*) BAD FILE MODE (/etc/crontab)
> and my task was not executed. What´s wrong ?

First you do not want to put it into /etc/crontab.  Edit a file in your 
local directory.

Often it is better to "crontab -l > local.crontab" or some such so the 
file is populated with your current crontab entries, then edit it to add 
your new entry.

Finish that off by "crontab local.crontab" to get the addition loaded.


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