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Date:      Sat, 27 Feb 1999 22:33:32 -0800
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
To:        Chris <chrismar@readington.com>
Cc:        unknown <grios@gabriel.netshell.com.br>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /etc/security
Message-ID:  <19990227223332.A40162@wopr.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9902280118200.8300-100000@walnut.readington.com>; from Chris on Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 01:19:20AM -0500
References:  <36D8769B.7EEBCD84@netshell.com.br> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9902280118200.8300-100000@walnut.readington.com>

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On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 01:19:20AM -0500, Chris wrote:

> Root's crontab is different from the other users crontab, this is why it
> is in /etc/crontab

Well, root has a normal crontab just like anybody else, but
/etc/crontab is a system crontab, with an extra field that indicates
what user the command should run as, not necessarily root.

-- 
Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Science rules.
http://www.pobox.com/~mph/           * 


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