Re: Cron reporting root command not found

When I do crontab -l it displays this below:-

[root]# crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.8354 installed on Thu Jun  7 12:24:34 2007)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp
$)
# run system activity accounting tool every 10 minutes
*/10 * * * * root /usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1
# generate a daily summary of process accounting at 23:53
53 23 * * * root /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -A
# Cron job to track current date, memory usage and running processes
#0-59/10 * * * * /root/memmon.sh >> /root/memmon.log
[root]# 
[root]# 
[root]# 

When I look at /etc/crontab it displays this below:-

[root]# cat /etc/crontab 
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
[root]# 

Does this give you a more details why I am getting a problem with cron?


On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:22:20 -0500 David.Knight-kugt9ekRjqdWk0Htik3J/[email protected] wrote:
> 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@linux201 cron]# pwd
> /var/spool/cron
> [root@linux201 cron]# ls -l
> total 8
> -rw-------    1 root     root           54 Aug 29  2006 root
> [root@linux201 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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