Cronjobs don't get run

[Chris Malton]

Felix 'buebo' Kakrow wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a cronjob like this:
> 
> */15    *       *       *       *       getmail --quiet --rcfile=whatever
> 
> It  works fine when run directly from the command line but does not run at
> all as a cronjob. 
> 
> A timed cronjob like this:
> 
> 7       7       *       *       *       whatever_command

This line is missing a field on Ubuntu/Debian.  You need the user name 
in /etc/crontab

> 
> works fine on the other hand.
> 
> I had a look at crontab(5) which states: "Steps are also permitted after an
> asterisk so if you want to say ‘‘every two hours’’, just use ‘‘*/2’’." So
> this should work, but isn't.
> 
> What now?
> 
> Cheers
> Felix
> 

Chris