Cron ignoring an update to crontab
- by GJ
I've commented out a line in the crontab on a debian server, which I guess was there by default yet was causing me to get error emails every hour:
# m h dom mon dow user command
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
However, the error emails keep coming in as if it hasn't been commented out. The error emails:
Subject: Cron <root@(none)> root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly (failed)
/bin/sh: root: not found
Any ideas?
