--- Martin Mačok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 09:57:19AM -0800, David > Walser wrote: > > No, path isn't the problem either. With the > absolute > > path > > 30 7 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/xmms -p > > > > It still didn't run. > > Do you (root) get any of error messages by email? If > it fails, crond > is supposed to send all stdout and stderr output to > root.
msec mails nobody every night about open ports and world writable files, but neither nobody nor root have mail about failed crons. > (Did you set alias for root in postfix > configuration? No. > Or you can set > mail in /etc/crontab directly. Root directly doesn't > get any email for > security reasons) MAILTO=root > What about setting DISPLAY variable? 1) Didn't have to do that in MDK 7.2 2) It shouldn't matter anyway when XMMS is already running and set to not allow multiple instances. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
