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Cron ignoring an update to crontab

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Mar 15, 20265513 views
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Problem

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: However, the error emails keep coming in as if it hasn't been commented out. The error emails: Any ideas?

Error Output

# m h dom mon dow user  command
17 *   * * *   root    cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly

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Fix for: Cron ignoring an update to crontab

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When you say "the crontab" you're not being specific. You should say which one you mean. However, based on the contents, it looks like . Since that file does have a user field, it doesn't make sense that you'd get that error. My bet is that there's …

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