[gentoo-user] Problem with vixie-cron

[gentoo-user] Problem with vixie-cron

[Thiago Lüttig]

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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

MSN: tluttig@hotmail.com
ICQ:   194392373
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with vixie-cron

[Michael Smith]

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
> 
> MSN: tluttig@hotmail.com <mailto:tluttig@hotmail.com>
> ICQ:   194392373
> ______________________________
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with vixie-cron

[Dave Moore]

>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 ?

Can you do crontab -e and post the crontab entry in question?

Dave

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with vixie-cron

[Dave Nebinger]

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 ?

First you do not want to put it into /etc/crontab.  Edit a file in your 
local directory.

Often it is better to "crontab -l > local.crontab" or some such so the 
file is populated with your current crontab entries, then edit it to add 
your new entry.

Finish that off by "crontab local.crontab" to get the addition loaded.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with vixie-cron

[Michael Smith]

oh right -- no need to run 'crontab /etc/crontab' with vixie-cron

just do crontab -e to edit and you're done.


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 ?
> 
> -- 
> ______________________________
> 
> Atenciosamente,
> Thiago Lüttig
> 
> MSN: tluttig@hotmail.com <mailto:tluttig@hotmail.com>
> ICQ:   194392373
> ______________________________
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