At 05:19 AM 1/27/2002 +0000, you wrote:

EJ> What is the crontab tool Kcrontab called today ??.

kcron

I am still looking for a way to start kcron as root. That is easier than editing crontab :-)

??? It's called sux and there's hardly anything easier to use: jw@suse3:~/security > sux Password: suse3:/home/jw/security # kcron Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":3.0". no crontab for bin no crontab for daemon <snip lots of other "accounts" Presto, a GUI appears. Why on earth would you use a GUI for cron? If you forget the syntax just put this at the top of all your crontabs. Since it's a comment it won't cause any problems (warning: email word-warp might mess up the lines, be careful how you cut-n-paste): #minute(0-59) hour(0-23) dayofmonth(1-31) month(1-12 or jan-dec) dayofweek(0-6 where 0=Sun or sun-sat) command # example: # 30 23 jan,jul sun commands #

Kees

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Due to the 8.4Gb drive in my server dying, I managed to get a pair of 40Gb's. Originally the server was built up over time, and had the following; /dev/hda 6.4 /dev/hdb 13 /dev/hdc 8.4 /home was on the 13, so it's safe, and it's the 8.4 that has died. Question: Am I better leaving the 6.4 as the boot drive, dedicating one 40 to /home, and the other to the rest of the fs, or remove the 6.4 altogether ? What partitioning (apart from /home) would you suggest ? Jon -- Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are 5.6 billion people in the world, and approximately 400  million installed operating systems. That means 5.2 billion people  have yet to choose their operating system, and we have to get to  them before Bill does." - Jon "maddog" Hall

Originally to: James Oakley Hello James! Monday January 28 2002 10:14, James Oakley wrote to All:

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I am still looking for a way to start kcron as root. That is easier than editing crontab :-)

JO> kdesu kcron Perfect! I read this now, because I was looking for messages about crontab :-)) but this is much better. Thanks! Kees <-> Gateway Information. This message originated from a Fidonet System (http://www.fidonet.org) and was gated at TCOB1 (http://www.tcob1.net) Please do not respond direct to this message but via the list