I'm trying to zip a directory and copy it over as a backup. I'm new to Linux to so i followed guides as best as i could, but when trying

systemctl status cron 

i get the following error

Apr 27 13:34:01 mc-server cron[950]: Error: bad username; while reading /etc/crontab 

Running the command standalone works as expected (the 3 minute timer was only for testing purposes).

this is the full crontab:

# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields, # that none of the other crontabs do. SHELL=/bin/sh # You can also override PATH, but by default, newer versions inherit it from the environment #PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin # Example of job definition: # .---------------- minute (0 - 59) # | .------------- hour (0 - 23) # | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31) # | | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ... # | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat # | | | | | # * * * * * user-name command to be executed 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly ) 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly ) */3 * * * * root zip -r -q /mnt/truenas/Ozone/Backup_$(TZ="Europe/Berlin" date "+%A_%d.%m.%y_%H;%M").zip /home/rexor/mcserver #