* Martin McCarthy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > the ``allan'' is the user the command is to run as.
>
> Interesting. Which version of cron takes that as a field in the
> crontab? I've never seen that before.
from my crontab(5)
The format of a cron command is very much the V7 standard, with a num-
ber of upward-compatible extensions. Each line has five time and date
fields, followed by a command, followed by a newline character ('0).
The system crontab (/etc/crontab) uses the same format, except that the
username for the command is specified after the time and date fields
and before the command. The fields may be separated by spaces or tabs.
Note that if the line does not have a trailing newline character, the
entire line will be silently ignored by both crontab and cron; the com-
mand will never be executed.
and from cron's changelog
Another change made for the same reason
is the ability to read in an /etc/crontab file which has an extra field in
each entry, between the time fields and the command. This field is a user
name, and it permits the /etc/crontab command to contain commands which are
to be run by any user on the system. /etc/crontab is not "installed" via
the crontab(1) command; it is automatically read at startup time and it will
be reread whenever it changes.
It seems to have been the release of V3, circa '93.
might be time for you to upgrade. :D
iain
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