fddi wrote: [snip] > > so ther is something wrong in my crontab > > 0 3 * * * /usr/sbin/portsnap -I cron update && pkg_version -vIL= See man portsnap, section TIPS - it shows example of correct way: 0 3 * * * root /usr/sbin/portsnap cron The TIPS section contains more details. [snip] -Mike