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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zib-berlin.de!netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!sun4nl!hacktic!not-for-mail From: cor@hacktic.nl (Cor Bosman) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: cron not executing new stuff... Date: 27 Dec 1993 23:20:25 +0100 Organization: Hack-Tic, networking for the masses Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2fnn3oINN5eb@xs4all.hacktic.nl> References: <2fn899$bje@twitch.ns.doe.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: xs4all.hacktic.nl martinj@havoc.ns.doe.gov (James Martin) writes: >I've been trying to get cron to execute a command every 10 minutes >with no success. >I'm running NetBSD 0.9 on a 486/50 w/8mb RAM. The tab line I'm trying >to get to run is: > >0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/su news -c '/usr/local/news/bin/nntpsend' > Im probably missing something, but why not put that in the news cron? Thats how I do it anyways. Maybe your cron cant handle entries for different users? Cor -- | cor@hacktic.nl | Hack-Tic System Management | +31-20-6001480-3 (VMB) | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ######### Signature Virus Running. Contamination Complete ######### | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+