The cron keeps creating dead.letter file in /root containing only lines /bin/bash: root: command not found ... I suspects it expects something like sendmail being available. However, it emerges and runs without indicating this dependency. The dead.letter file is recreated very fast, much more sooner than cron.hourly script are run. Therefore, the problem cannot be caused by the scripts in cron.hourly and friends. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rm /root/dead.letter 2. /etc/init.d/vixie-cron start 3. wait a few minutes 4. tail -f /root/dead.letter
(In reply to comment #0) > I suspects it expects something like sendmail being available. However, > it emerges and runs without indicating this dependency. No. It inherits cron eclass which RDEPENDS on virtual/mta.
