Frequently Asked Questions About Linux / UNIX » cron http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq Every answer asks a more beautiful question. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 crond: (*system*) BAD FILE MODE Error and Solutionhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-cron-bad-file-mode-error/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-cron-bad-file-mode-error/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:15:58 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=6791 I'm getting this message in my /var/log/cron

Mar 12 09:20:01 server2 crond[1267]: (*system*) BAD FILE MODE (/etc/cron.d/vnstat)

How do I fix this problem under Fedora / CentO / RHEL or any Linux distro?
]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-cron-bad-file-mode-error/feed/ 1 Linux / UNIX Crontab File Locationhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/where-is-the-crontab-file/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/where-is-the-crontab-file/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:53:35 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=5207 I login to my UNIX system as a normal user. However, I need to update my cronjob entry. But, I can't find where the crontab file is. How do I find out my crontab file location?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/where-is-the-crontab-file/feed/ 2 TCPDump: Capture and Record Specific Protocols / Porthttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tcpdump-capture-record-protocols-port/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tcpdump-capture-record-protocols-port/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:07:03 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=1603 Q. How do I capture specific protocol or port such as 80 ( http ) using TCPDump tool under Linux / UNIX? How do I recording Traffic with TCPDump and find problems later on?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/tcpdump-capture-record-protocols-port/feed/ 7 Linux Verify crond Daemon And Cronjobs Are Runninghttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-check-cronjob-is-running-not/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-check-cronjob-is-running-not/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:13:42 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=1067 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-check-cronjob-is-running-not/feed/ 2 Run crontab Every 10 Minuteshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/crontab-every-10-min/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/crontab-every-10-min/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:50:25 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/crontab-every-10-minutes/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/crontab-every-10-min/feed/ 4 Test Iptables Script Remotelyhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/test-iptables-script-remotely/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/test-iptables-script-remotely/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:25:24 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=4262 How do I test iptables based script remotely over ssh session? How do I avoid lock outs?]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/test-iptables-script-remotely/feed/ 0