RE: [cobalt-users] /bin/bash: root/

["Bryan - Utopian Web Productions" <bryan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> That's the right syntax; why is it trying to run "root" at a command?
>
> Have you tried manipulating any cron jobs manually?  How?

You haven't answered this question yet, Bryan.

> Can you send us a copy of your /etc/crontab file?  It shouldn't be more
> than a few lines long.
>
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> HOME=/
>
> # run-parts
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
>
> # Monitor services to make sure everything is still okay.
> 0,15,30,45 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/swatch >>/var/cobalt/adm.log 2>&1

Everything looks good here; the syntax is proper, the contents are
right, and my systems certainly aren't giving me the error <frown>.

Can you do an

# ls -al /etc/cron.hourly

and send us a copy of the results?

I really don't know.

Hmmmmmm.....

The results were the following. Notice the "total 5" with only 3 showing??
Hmmmm...

ls -al /etc/cron.hourly
total 5
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Oct 13 11:04 .
drwxr-xr-x  36 root     root         3072 Jan 21 04:12 ..
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          571 Jul 25 17:22 asp_monitor.sh