Hello, I am running vixie-cron, but am unable to figure out what this is all about, I have followed the http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cron-guide.xml But on the report email, I only get on the email, the following: /bin/sh: root: command not found Here is my /etc/crontab # for vixie cron # # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-process/vixie-cron/files/crontab-3.0.1-r4,v 1.1 2005/03/04 23:59:48 ciaranm Ex$ # # # Global variables #SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly and cron.monthly 0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly 1 3 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily 15 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly 30 5 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly */10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons Many thanks Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com