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



Sorry Tony,
almost read your post to the very bottom, umm good resources for the syntax
for cron is obviously the manual which atleast on FBSD I thought went
through the syntax well and also the FreeBSD online handbook available
through the website.

Cheers

----- Original Message -----
From: "Luke Kearney" <lukek@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [tlug] when crontab doesn't cron or tab


> 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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