Steve Graegert wrote:

On 10/9/05, James Knott wrote:

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James Knott wrote:

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According to man(5) in SUSE 10, a crontab @reboot entry is supposed to run, when the computer boots. However, I can't seem to get it to do anything. Is there something I'm missing? Is there some magic incantation that I have to say?

tnx jk

How does this particular line look like in /etc/crontab? Is crond running? Did you specify user root? You can test the entry with

@reboot root echo "My @reboot entry is working" >> /var/log/messages

\Steve

Your example showed the problem. I forgot to include "root" in the command. tnx

Paul Cartwright wrote:

On Sun October 9 2005 9:07 am, James Knott wrote:

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Forgot to mention, I'm editing /etc/crontab directly with vi, as that's apparently the only way to edit that fil what happens when you type this command:

crontab -e

That edits individual crontab files, for the user, including root. It does not edit /etc/crontab. This is mentioned in the online SUSE manual.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2005-10-09 at 09:36 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:

On Sun October 9 2005 9:07 am, James Knott wrote:

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Forgot to mention, I'm editing /etc/crontab directly with vi, as that's apparently the only way to edit that fil what happens when you type this command:

crontab -e

That edits the file "/var/spool/cron/tabs/root" (or "user"). Instead, /etc/crontab has to be edited directly, with vi or whatever. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFDSSUxtTMYHG2NR9URAhU0AKCJ2nc0Jjk1tBOQPevC0vkCqG1M6QCglCOQ YHeWRRF2WXQOWVmx6FiLHTk= =zKe/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Bruce Marshall wrote:

On Sunday 09 October 2005 09:07 am, James Knott wrote:

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James Knott wrote:

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According to man(5) in SUSE 10, a crontab @reboot entry is supposed to run, when the computer boots. However, I can't seem to get it to do anything. Is there something I'm missing? Is there some magic incantation that I have to say?

tnx jk Forgot to mention, I'm editing /etc/crontab directly with vi, as that's apparently the only way to edit that file.

Nope.... set the env variable: EDITOR=/<path to your fav editor>

What I was referring to, was not the choice of editor, but the fact that the command "crontab -e" does not edit /etc/crontab. It edits the crontab file for the user running the command. Each user, including root, can have their own crontab file.