22 Jan
2004
22 Jan
'04
18:05
Martin Mielke wrote:
Hi,
OK, I get the theory now. That makes sense since the box would have to be logged in as root to run a root cron job if my theory were correct.
Again, the user, no matter if root or not, must not be logged on for crond to execute their crontab.
I believe you mean 'the user does not have to be logged on.' The user can be logged on and cron will still function. Further on this discussion, root can modify any user's crontab as follows: # crontab -u userid -e -- Until later, Geoffrey esoteric@3times25.net Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft