i did this from the console crontab -e then i inserted this in my vi editor 10 * * * * curl http://mysite.com/test.php then i exited vi then i did crontab -l and the cron job was listed then i did /sbin/service crond start and i waited for 10 mins to get a message echo to my console. the message is displayed in my browser when the php script(http://mysite.com/test.php) is loaded via my browser. The message is also shown on my console when d curl command is run direct from the console. the problem is getting the message from the cronjob. what could be wrong ? could it be that the job is not well setup ? note , i logged in as root user. please help regards kunle