On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 10:59:18AM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: > > IIRC, if you edit user crontabs, you have to leave away the user field. > The jobs will be run under the ID the crontab belongs to. If you use > vixie cron, the user field is only needed in /etc/crontab and > /etc/cron.d crontab segments. >
I'm sorry. You're right, and that's the way I was using it. I originally entered the information *without* the username, but then I decided to try using the "/etc/crontab" file instead where one needs to enter the username. When I copied and pasted the contents of the file, I used the latter. So, here is the latest on this issue: o If I add the entries I mentioned previously (*without* the usernames) via 'crontab -e', the jobs never get executed. o If I add them to the "/etc/crontab" file, they do get executed but at very different hours than the ones I specify. For instance, the 'mkreport.deb' script runs at 7:00 PM for some reason. o Yes, the system time appears to be correct whenever I run the 'date' command. Any suggestions? ---------------- Nitebirdz http://www.sacredchaos.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
