Topic: Strange behavior of crontab file

[fpcomputers]

Hi,

in SME version 6.5 and before i created a file to get mail from other servers. This file was made in
templates/etc/crontab           and looks like
*/2 * * * * root /usr/bin/fetchmail -a -f
In the root dir I've created the .fetchmailrc where the accounts are stored included the password.

After all I use /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/crontab
All this works fine but in version 7.0 pre 3 I can't get this solution to work.
Nothing happens at all.

Does someone have a solution for me to get this at work under version 7.0pre3?

Thanx in regard,

Fred Wormsbecher

[gardnc]

Try looking in the /var/log/cron logfile to see if there is an error message associated with that cron.  Every cron that runs should have an entry and a possible error entry every time the cron runs.  Often you can see things like permission problems that appear to be otherwise hidden.

Larry

[CharlieBrady]

in SME version 6.5 and before i created a file to get mail from other servers. This file was made in
templates/etc/crontab           and looks like
*/2 * * * * root /usr/bin/fetchmail -a -f
In the root dir I've created the .fetchmailrc where the accounts are stored included the password.

After all I use /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/crontab
All this works fine but in version 7.0 pre 3 I can't get this solution to work.
Nothing happens at all.

Check "man fetchmail". "-f" needs to be followed by a filepath, e.g. "-f /root/.fetchmailrc".