Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:54:31 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: dhaneshk k <dhaneshkk@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: crontab configuration in FreeBSd -6.2 Message-ID: <200706271054.32569.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <BAY127-F21487EC0AA1165B09C958DB20A0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY127-F21487EC0AA1165B09C958DB20A0@phx.gbl>
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On Wednesday 27 June 2007, dhaneshk k wrote: > Hi all > > I need to configure a crontab for a FreeBSD -6.2 box . > > > To test it , as root user I entered a line into the /etc/crontab > by using easyeditor as follows > 50 21 * * * root /root/testcron > > and I saved this.(cat /root/testcron is touch /root/desktop/Myfile) > > and I tried to do as root user this # /etc/rc.d/cron restart > > got O/P as > > Stopping cron. > Starting cron. > > > Then I tried to give #crontab -l But Output is as this > > don# crontab -l > crontab: no crontab for root > > why this message is it working fine ? ya not how can I list crontab -l > (the cronjobs for root) > > Pls provide your suggestions > > any way the Myfile is created by crontab , but why the message no > cronjob for root ? Because that's a different crontab. Each user (including root) has their own crontab. What you have just edited is the system wide crontab. The message stating "root's crontab for freebsd" in /etc/crontab is kind of confusing. HTH, Pieter de Goeje
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