hi, try to give the username in your cron entry, ie * * * * * root echo `date` "test2" >> /var/log/test and try to make your cronfile executable, if giving username doesn't help regards, nathan 2005/7/14, andysayshi <andysayshi@xxxxxxxxx>: > i'm having some trouble scheduling cronjobs using /etc/cron.d. for a > quick example my test setup is like this: > > # ls -l /etc/cron.d > total 8 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47 Jul 14 09:42 test2 > > # cat /etc/cron.d/test2 > * * * * * echo `date` "test2" >> /var/log/test -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list