Jan([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi! > > I've just installed a system with Debian Etch 4.0 and the crontabs which are > edited by users will not be executed. > > The cronjobs added by the root user, "crontab -e" will are executed as > expected. Jobs added by a regular user, also using "crontab -e" are not > executed. For testing puposes I just added a simple: > > 0-59 * * * * /bin/date >> /home/jan/date.txt > > And for some reason it doesn't run. When I save the crontab I get the message > "crontab: installing new crontab". > > I also tried it by adding a username: > > 0-59 * * * * jan /bin/date >> /home/jan/date.txt > > But it also fails and doesn't run. >
ISTR that when using the 'crontab -e' you do not put the use name in the script. ie 0-59 * * * * /bin/date >> /home/jan/date.txt Yep.. verified here. W -- Windows is NOT a virus. Viruses DO something. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
