Nitebirdz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recently installed Woody on a home server, proceeded to add a couple of > scripts to the "/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root" file by running the usual > 'crontab -e' as root, and they never appear to run. Am I supposed to do > this differently? Sorry about what may sound like a very stupid question, > but I recently switched from Red Hat where one configures crontab the way > I explain here. > > Just in case, here is the information I was adding: > > # Run mkbackup script three times a week at 2:30 in the morning > 30 2 * * Tue,Thu,Sun root /root/bin/mkbackup > # Run mkreport every night at 1:00 AM > 0 1 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/mkreport.deb -o root
Both lines try to run a command "root". This is probably not what you want. For the syntax of user crontabs (which is different from the syntax of /etc/crontab), see "man 5 crontab". Martin -- ,--. Martin Dickopp, Dresden, Germany ,= ,-_-. =. / ,- ) http://www.zero-based.org/ ((_/)o o(\_)) \ `-' `-'(. .)`-' `-. Debian, a variant of the GNU operating system. \_/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]