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On 2/22/17 5:08 AM, Ian Smith wrote:
> While Matthew well advises using user crontabs where appropriate, this
> is one case where it's likely best to edit /etc/crontab directly.
>
> I've never had qualms about editing /etc/crontab, and do so often, but
> to address concerns about source or binary upgrades, sufficient backup
> becomes something like # cp -p /etc/crontab /root/crontab.mine

Thank you all -- worked fine (as expected).

Chris