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  • Can you check the username's listed in /etc/cron*/* to confirm that all accounts in those files exist on your server? Commented Apr 27, 2024 at 19:21
  • @doneal24 you mean in /etc/cron.d/*, right? None of the others should have user names as far as I know. Rexor, [;ease edit your question and add the output of sudo grep -Pv '^\s*#' /etc/crontab /etc/cron.d/* | awk '{print $6}' | sort -u. That should show us all usernames. Commented Apr 27, 2024 at 19:31
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    Does the error go away if you escape each % as \%? If so, this is a duplicate of unix.stackexchange.com/questions/29578/… Commented Apr 27, 2024 at 19:34
  • @terdon Yes, only the files under /etc/cron.d have the users specified. My mistake. Commented Apr 27, 2024 at 19:41