crontab does not work anymore
Thilo Six
T.Six at gmx.de
Mon Nov 20 19:47:43 UTC 2006
claudiu wrote the following on 20.11.2006 20:10:
> I have a big problem with crontab in ubuntu dapper.
> Recently I accidentally did:
>
> $ sudo crontab /etc/crontab
>
> and I started receiving this by email, instead of the usual reports:
>
> /bin/sh: root: command not found
>
> I noticed that /etc/crontab MAY have user name in it, not like ".crontab"
> files. Anyway, I erased root's crontab by doing:
>
> sudo crontab -r
>
> And now I don't receive any emails at all.
> I need to know how to fix this ASAP!!!!
> Thank you!
>
what gives you:
$ ls -l /bin/sh
?
Could you poste your former crontab?
bye Thilo
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