I'm new on linux user
I try to run crontab to backup my database with vagrant user
* * * * * /usr/bin/mysqldump -h localhost -u root -p root mydb | gzip > /var/backup/all/database_`date +%Y-%m-%d`.sql.gz >/dev/null 2>&1
when the crontab run there is no backup file in the folder (my backup/all is chmod 755).
This is error from /var/log/syslog
Aug 16 11:55:01 precise64 CRON[2213]: (vagrant) CMD (/usr/bin/mysqldump -h localhost -u root -p root mydb | gzip > /var/backup/all/database_`date +%Y-%m-%d`.sql.gz >/dev/null 2>&1)
Aug 16 11:55:01 precise64 CRON[2212]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)
So I think
- it's about crontab can't create backup file because of Permission denied.
- it's about I'm didn't install MTA but I use >/dev/null 2>&1 to disable crontab to sent it to email why it error ?
Thanks for help me.