Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:59:53 -0800 (PST) From: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> To: "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is root's crontab different? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901031857140.14973-100000@dt087nac.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <199901032233.RAA01244@istari.home.net>
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On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Stephen J. Roznowski wrote:
> My question is why is root's crontab entry treated differently (i.e.
> a file in /etc) as opposed to just having a crontab (in /var/cron/tabs)?
For future reference, this question belongs in freebsd-questions.
Your question is based on an incorrect premise. The crontab in /etc is the
*system* crontab. The root user has a crontab just like every other user.
Personally I think this is a convenience, since I don't have to sort
through a bunch of seperate crontab files for "system users" when I want
to see why something has gone belly up. YMMV
Good luck,
Doug
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