"Kuhar, Mike" <MKUHAR01@BIRSTEEL.com> wrote: >If you're trying to add the line as given: > >0 1 * * 5 root /root/update > >remove the word root after the number 5. This field is for a command, not a >user. That's true of normal crontabs, but the syntax of /etc/crontab is slightly different, and has that extra username field. -- Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]