Cron Dameon emails -ambiguous redirect

[rudtek]

I keep getting emails from my server from "cron Daemon" with the subject:

Cron <[email protected]> /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&[email protected] /usr/local/cpanel/bin/onboot_handler

The only content of the email is:

/bin/bash: [email protected]: ambiguous redirect

I can't figure out what's doing this. I tried this command:

file /var/spool/cron/root

which returned ASCII text

These are my server settings:
I have centos 6.9 (final)
cpanel 11.64.0.33
entype:kvm
Cpanel=release

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

Could you run the commands below and let us know the output?

cat /var/spool/cron/root
crontab -l

Thank you.

 

[rudtek]

SHELL="/bin/bash"
13 13 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/exim_tidydb > /dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
7 12 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/optimize_eximstats > /dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"

SHELL="/bin/bash"

SHELL="/bin/bash"
#8 5 * * 3 /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp --cron
8 5 * * * /etc/upcp_control

SHELL="/bin/bash"
13 10 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup

SHELL="/bin/bash"
40 * * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check && /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check

SHELL="/bin/bash"
52 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache

SHELL="/bin/bash"
25 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache

SHELL="/bin/bash"

SHELL="/bin/bash"
25 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/mysqluserstore >/dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
23 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dbindex >/dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
7 */6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/autorepair recoverymgmt >/dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/dcpumon-wrapper >/dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
11 20 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/cpaddons_report.pl --notify

SHELL="/bin/bash"
23,38,53,8 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&[email protected] /usr/local/cpanel/bin/onboot_handler
0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup
09,39 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/clean_user_php_sessions > /dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
13 13 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/exim_tidydb > /dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
7 12 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/optimize_eximstats > /dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"

SHELL="/bin/bash"

SHELL="/bin/bash"
#8 5 * * 3 /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp --cron
8 5 * * * /etc/upcp_control

SHELL="/bin/bash"
13 10 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup

SHELL="/bin/bash"
40 * * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check && /usr/local/cpane              l/bin/tail-check

SHELL="/bin/bash"
52 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache &&               /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache

SHELL="/bin/bash"
25 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache && /usr/              local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache

SHELL="/bin/bash"

SHELL="/bin/bash"
25 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/mysqluserstore >/dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
23 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dbindex >/dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
7 */6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/autorepair recoverymgmt >/dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/dcpumon-wrapper >/dev/null 2>&1

SHELL="/bin/bash"
11 20 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/cpaddons_report.pl --notify

SHELL="/bin/bash"
23,38,53,8 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&[email protected]              ot /usr/local/cpanel/bin/onboot_handler
0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup
09,39 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/clean_user_php_sessions > /dev/null 2>&1

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

It looks like your root crontab file isn't formatted correctly. You can edit this cron job with the following command:

crontab -e

Here's an example of how it should look:

0 6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/exim_tidydb > /dev/null 2>&1
30 5 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/optimize_eximstats > /dev/null 2>&1
19 4 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp --cron
0 1 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup
0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup
35 * * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check && /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check
45 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache
30 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache
30 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/mysqluserstore >/dev/null 2>&1
15 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dbindex >/dev/null 2>&1
15 */6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/autorepair recoverymgmt >/dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/dcpumon-wrapper >/dev/null 2>&1
2 0 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/cpaddons_report.pl --notify
1,16,31,46 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&1
09,39 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/clean_user_php_sessions > /dev/null 2>&1
12 5 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/sqloptimizer >/dev/null 2>&1

Thank you.