Re: [PLUG] Problems with cron running daily/monthly jobs

I have been having problems with cron running the jobs in my /etc/cron.daily directory lately. The error the cron sends me is "/bin/bash: root: command not found".

Has anyone had the same problem? I haven't been able to track down the problem.

I would start by looking at your /etc/crontab to see if that file is setup incorrectly. It should look something like:

# 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

The position of `root` in this file is important as it tells cron as which user to run the job as.

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