goto where the root cron file is copy that file to a username file
cp root userx
then edit the userx file as needed ....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 7:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] howto setup crontab for users
>
>
> Hi,
> I have been reading the man pages and looking around the web but I
> still can not figure out how to do this exactly.
> I tired crontab -u users filename and tells me it does not exist.
> Where do I create the crontab file for the user and how do I tell
> cron that the file is for that user? I read something about
> /var/spool/cron/user but how do you create this to begin with?
>
> Any help on setting this up would be great. All by the way it is a trusted
> user I am trying to setup.
> Mandrake 5.3 linux kernel 2.2.3
>
> Thanks
> Bob
>
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