Magnus Boman wrote: > On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 09:54 +0100, G.T.Smith wrote: > >> John Andersen wrote: >> [Stuff deleted] >>>> *you can make it as an executable file, called "rootcron" in directory: >>>> >>>> * /var/spool/cron/tabs >>>> >>>> >>>> *then, execute : >>>> >>>> * /var/spool/cron/tabs/crontab rootcron >>>> >>>> >>>> * . . . and your executable file rootcron will be installed as your new >>>> *crontab named "root" in the file : >>>> >>>> * /var/spool/cron/tabs/root >>>> >>>> >>>> *[ I believe :) ] >>>> >>>> >> Surely some mistake here, the root cron file in the example would have >> to executed to so needs execute rights :-) ... To be honest reply is a >> bit ambiguous..., but the original suggestion is wildly off the mark ... >> > > Ehh..? What are you considering "original suggestion" here? > The marked(*) section ...to expand ... the /var/spool/cron/tabs directory is where crontab normally stores the cron tables for individual users, which is correct to a point. (there is also the system crontab .. /etc/crontab. You do not need put stuff there directly. /var/spool/cron/tabs/crontab <file> command is a nonsense, the /var/spool directory structure is a spool directory and should not contain executables and the command will not run anyway.... rootcron should be a cron table definition not the script to be executed ... > > Cheers, > Magnus > >
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