On 2007/03/28 08:41, Will Maier wrote:
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> According to cron(8), cron should be able to read commands from a
> properly formatted and chmoded /etc/crontab file. I've created such
> a file, but I can't seem to get cron to run the test command in it.
> 
>     # cat <<EOF > /etc/crontab
>     */1      *       *       *       *       /usr/bin/touch /tmp/crontest

The system crontab (/etc/crontab) has an addition "user" field before
command, see crontab(5).