Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 15:26:50 +0200 From: Rudi Opperman <rudi@askas.co.za> To: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: help with cron and crontab mail messages Message-ID: <371DD21A.F413A3F7@askas.co.za> References: <3.0.5.32.19990421150955.00aa1550@relay.alice.it>
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Thanks for the help - have payed around a bit and it is making more sense... just a few more issues ... > /etc/crontab it's in a slightly different format than users' crontab. > Actually, it's the "main" system crontab table. If it is not a user's crontab then whose is it ? (All the jobs are owned by root ?) > IMO, it would be better to use it instead of specific users' tables,whenever > possible, because it's easier to manage the system's global load when you > have many demanding timed tasks; there's one single point where you can see > and modify what is scheduled to run. This seems a good idea > What do you mean with "I added the jobs to /etc/crontab and loaded it"? I meant as root that i ran "contab -u root /etc/crontab" on the modified crontab file ... > You don't have to load anything. If cron is running normally, it checks > every minute the modtime of /etc/crontab and, if it's changed, loads it > automagically. Does this also apply to user crontabs (supposing one decides to use them ?) ...[snip]... > I don't see why you started to get those messages from atrun after adding > other jobs to /etc/crontab. After editing the system crontab i ran "contab -u root /etc/crontab" ... so i loaded the system crontab as root's... I suppose that answers part of the first question - the default crontab does not belong to root - who then ? bye rudi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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