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From: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com>
To: Kalai Kalaiarasi <kalaiarasi@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: crontab for root
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On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 06:52:34PM -0800, Kalai Kalaiarasi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone knows how to set crontab for root? I am
> able to set the crontab for normal user and it's
> working fine. When i try set crontab for root, the
> shell script doesnt seem to run. Is there anything
> else i need to do?? Please do help me....

You can edit /etc/crontab.  I usually put my root crons there as I rarely ever
su, usually sudo (in ports) and having them in /etc/crontab makes them easier
to find. :)

-danny

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