crontab : exec, permission denied

[ico]

Dna Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 10:25:35AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert spisal(a) :
>> I added to /etc/crontab this line:
>> 
>> */5     *       *       *       *       user1    /usr/local/bin/getmail \
>> -r /usr/home/user1/.getmail/getmailrc
>> 
>> 
>> I wanted getmail to pick-up mail for user user1. Result is error:
>> exec: :permission denied
>> 
>> $ls -l /usr/local/bin/getmail
>> r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  328 Jun 22 07:41 /usr/local/bin/getmail*
>> 
>> I also tried to create user1's crontab ( su user1; crontab -e ) . Result is the
>> same. What's wrong?
>
>Does it work from the command line?
>The following works fine for me from my user crontab:
>
>6       6       *       *       1-7     /usr/local/bin/fetchmail -s
>

Yes, it works from command line. I'm doing it now that way.

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