Jason Pyeron wrote: > Please send output of: > > for i in /etc/crontab /var/spool/cron/*; do echo $i && cat $i; done Thank you very much. That seems indeed to be the solution. On the first machine I have: ------------------------------------------- [root at helen tmp]# for i in /etc/crontab /var/spool/cron/*; do echo $i && cat $i; done /etc/crontab 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 /var/spool/cron/root SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * run-parts /etc/cron.monthly ------------------------------------------- On the second machine I have ------------------------------------------- [root at althea tmp]# for i in /etc/crontab /var/spool/cron/*; do echo $i && cat $i; done /etc/crontab 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 /var/spool/cron/* cat: /var/spool/cron/*: No such file or directory ------------------------------------------- So it seems that entry at /var/spool/cron/root is the cause of the problem. I've no idea where it came from; I guess I must have copied at some time - I see the file is dated 1 March. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland