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Cron reporting root command not found

Cron reporting root command not found

2007-06-20       - By David.Knight@(protected)

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What crontab is it in? if you do a crontab -l    is it there? or is it in
the /etc/crontab?

Cron.daily will want a user to run the command, I.E:
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly

Above root is the user to run the command, run-parts is the command and
/etc/cron.hourly is the option to the run-parts command.
However if you used crontab -e to edit the crontab, the crontab file will
be in /var/spool/cron/    (Unix style)...  This crontab does not want the
user. it uses a user before the command. It manages a crontab per user...
I.E.:
[root@(protected) cron]# pwd
/var/spool/cron
[root@(protected) cron]# ls -l
total 8
-rw-- ----    1 root     root           54 Aug 29  2006 root
[root@(protected) cron]# cat root
00 5 * * * /root/dr/dr.backup.ksh

Hope this helps,
David Knight






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I keep on getting this mail sent by logcheck about cron

From:  (Cron Daemon)
To: root
Subject: Cron <root@> root /usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
Status: O

/bin/sh: line 1: root: command not found

I don' t really understand why cron is mailing this to root?

Can anyone help me why cron is complaining to root about line 1 and how
do I correct?





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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What crontab is it in? if you do a crontab
-l &nbsp; &nbsp;is it there? or is it in the /etc/crontab?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Cron.daily will want a user to run the
command, I.E:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly<
/font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Above root is the user to run the command,
run-parts is the command and /etc/cron.hourly is the option to the run-parts
command.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">However if you used crontab -e to edit
the crontab, the crontab file will be in /var/spool/cron/ &nbsp; &nbsp;(Unix
style)... &nbsp;This crontab does not want the user. it uses a user before
the command. It manages a crontab per user... I.E.:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">[root@(protected) cron]# pwd</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">/var/spool/cron</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">[root@(protected) cron]# ls -l</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">total 8</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-rw-- ---- &nbsp; &nbsp;1 root &nbsp;
&nbsp; root &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 54 Aug 29 &nbsp;2006 root</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">[root@(protected) cron]# cat root</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">00 5 * * * /root/dr/dr.backup.ksh</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hope this helps,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">David Knight</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>I keep on getting this mail sent by logcheck about
cron<br>
<br>
From: &nbsp;(Cron Daemon)<br>
To: root<br>
Subject: Cron &lt;root@&gt; root /usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1<br>
X-Cron-Env: &lt;SHELL=/bin/sh&gt;<br>
X-Cron-Env: &lt;HOME=/root&gt;<br>
X-Cron-Env: &lt;PATH=/usr/bin:/bin&gt;<br>
X-Cron-Env: &lt;LOGNAME=root&gt;<br>
Status: O<br>
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/bin/sh: line 1: root: command not found<br>
<br>
I don' t really understand why cron is mailing this to root?<br>
<br>
Can anyone help me why cron is complaining to root about line 1 and how<br>
do I correct?<br>
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