setting a cron in ssh using root

[shanit]

Hi I am attempting to put in
crontab -e when in ssh and it tells me this

root@server [~]# crontab -e
/bin/sh: pico: command not found
crontab: "pico" exited with status 127

can someone help me fix this issue I think when i had my other server i had same problem and someone told me something to do and it fixed it. but now i have a new one and its been a while since i had to do it. Thanks

Shannon

[madaboutlinux]

pico is set as a default editor on your server and it seems it is not installed. To change the default editor to 'vi', do the following :-
]# which vi << This will give you the path for 'vi'.
]# export EDITOR= path/of/vi << normally it will be /bin/vi or /usr/bin/vi.

To check whether the default editor is changed :-
]# set | grep EDITOR

Editor is now changed to 'vi'. Now you can use 'crontab -e' to edit cronjob's on server.

OR install pico.

[nettigritty]

Hi I am attempting to put in
crontab -e when in ssh and it tells me this

root@server [~]# crontab -e
/bin/sh: pico: command not found
crontab: "pico" exited with status 127

can someone help me fix this issue I think when i had my other server i had same problem and someone told me something to do and it fixed it. but now i have a new one and its been a while since i had to do it. Thanks

Shannon

You might have nano instead. create a symlink from pico to nano. that should work.