Re: [PLUG] Debian cron question - root and the system wide file

[Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net>]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 10:56:18AM -0700, Marc Zucchelli said:
> I just found these 2 lines in my syslog file:
> 
> Aug 31 13:17:01 oak /USR/SBIN/CRON[28178]: (root) CMD
> (   run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
> Aug 31 13:17:01 oak /USR/SBIN/CRON[28182]: (root) CMD
> (root    run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
> 
> I'm assuming the first line is from /etc/crontab, and
> the second line is from roots crontab which has a
> username because it has "root" at the beginning of the
> command.  Seems like it is running a "root" command
> and probably failing because there isnt one.  I dont
> know where to look for error messages though.  It
> looks like it will be safe to remove these lines from
> roots cron?

Ordinarily cron will mail the user the output of their job.  So I would
look wherever root's email goes to find out what's been happening.  But
yes, it should be safe to remove all that from root's crontab.
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