Re: [tlug] when crontab doesn't cron or tab

["Luke Kearney" <lukek@example.com>]

All users can have a crontab but the main system crontab is really only
available to root. So depending on what you are wanting to do ie run some of
your own scripts as long as they don't require  special privelges should be
able to run under your own user crontab.

A really easy way to determine this is simply to type crontab -e at the
command and see if that does not open an editor for you. If perchance the
admin has restricted access to cron you will have a devil of a time trying
to install a cron job.

L


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Laszlo" <laszlo@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 7:55 PM
Subject: [tlug] when crontab doesn't cron or tab


> This is on that same shell on the remote FreeBSD box,
> the one that I am now using bash with (much better!).
> I have only user access.
>
> Is there a way to determine whether or not I
> have access to the crontab?
>
> I was able to add a line in crontab with the command
> crontab -e , and to confirm that the line exists with
> crontab -l
>
> So far, however, I am not getting the desired result.
> That may be because my syntax is off...but maybe not.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
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