Sounds like the permissions for /etc/crontab are too restrictive for cron to manage. Check those permissions...

Thiago Lüttig wrote:
Hi, i´m trying to automate a proccess with vixie-cron, so I edit the /etc/crontab file, and after run crontab /etc/crontab, i look into the log (/var/log/crond/current) and the following message apears: [cron] (*system*) BAD FILE MODE (/etc/crontab)
and my task was not executed. What´s wrong ?

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Atenciosamente,
Thiago Lüttig

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