Re: Cronjobs

[Stefan Wimmer <swimmer@gx.nl>]

* Tom Troonbeeckx <tom.troonbeeckx@ideaxis.com> wrote on 30/Jul/2003 - 09:34:38 :
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> 
> I have some proplem with mine cronjobs.
> 
> I edit mine /etc/crontab with the following command "crontab -e".
> The crontab looks like this
> 
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> HOME=/
> 
> # run-parts
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 01 0 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 30 14 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.twice.a.day
> 30 18 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.twice.a.day
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
> 3,18,33,48 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.quarter-hourly
> 1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.5-min
> 
> I restarted the anacron-daemon.  I tested the cronjobs individually and they
> work fine.
> However, since I scheduled them I receive an email after each 5 and 15
> minutes with the message
> 	/bin/bash: root: command not found
> 
> I figured out that the crondaemon is trying to execute the command root. At
> some point it doesn't count the userprivilege of the cronjob.
> 
> The configuration looks in mine opinion fine.  Any ideas what went wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance....

By using "crontab -e" you're editing your personal cron file (located in 
/var/spool/cron in RedHat) and there you don't need the user who is 
running the commands ... so leaving out "root" from your lines should help.

old: 3,18,33,48 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.quarter-hourly
new: 3,18,33,48 * * * *      run-parts /etc/cron.quarter-hourly

By the way - if you want some jobs running every 15 minutes you can use the syntax 

old: 3,18,33,48 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.quarter-hourly
new: */15 * * * *            run-parts /etc/cron.quarter-hourly

as well (I have to admit that I don't know adhoc how you can start it at 
the third minute ;-} ).

Hope this  helps
Stefan