On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Robert G. Scofield wrote:
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> So it might be a good idea at Installfests to change
> the /etc/crontab setting for the workstation user.
Reading your phrasing, I just want to make sure the point gets
across... don't just edit /etc/crontab.
Use "crontab -e" or you will mess up cron. If you are root, this will
have the effect of editing /etc/crontab.
BTW: Your concerns have much merit. When I started using Linux, I had no
network and no clue how to set up as a workstation, and in my efforts to
learn those things my situation has changed so that I no longer have any
systems in that configuration. There are still areas like news and mail
for offline use that baffle me... though I know there are also a LOT more
howtos at linuxdoc.org now than there were when I started (that site
didn't exist, and all I had was off my single Linux 1.2.13 cd).
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