This is a re-posting for a very frustrating problem. I have dial on demand via pppd, works like a dream. However I have problems with crontab.
Every so oftern it decides to mail its output, it does not know where it is supposed to mail, starts a ppp link and talks to the web. I have set MAILTO="", MAILTO=root all to no avail /var/log/syslog Jan 30 07:23:55 debian anacron[249]: Job `cron.weekly' started Jan 30 07:23:55 debian anacron[611]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.weekly' to 2003-01-30 Jan 30 07:24:01 debian syslogd 1.4.1#10: restart. Jan 30 07:24:01 debian anacron[249]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated (mailing output) Jan 30 07:24:01 debian pppd[189]: Starting link Jan 30 07:24:29 debian pppd[189]: Serial connection established. Jan 30 07:24:29 debian pppd[189]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem My /etc/crontab now looks like ... # /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file. # This file also has a username field, that none of the other crontabs do. SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root # m h dom mon dow user command 25 6 * * * root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts /etc/cron.daily 47 6 * * 7 root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 52 6 1 * * root test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts /etc/cron.monthly # I thought I had cured the problem until it did it again tonight !!! do I need to do something with the crontab command ?? any ideas Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
