From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 22 17:07:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA12210 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 22 May 1996 17:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA12200 for ; Wed, 22 May 1996 17:07:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA06138; Thu, 23 May 1996 09:50:41 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605230020.JAA06138@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: CRON: it loves me To: dan@dpcsys.com (Dan Busarow) Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 09:50:39 +0930 (CST) Cc: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Dan Busarow" at May 22, 96 10:19:54 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dan Busarow stands accused of saying: > > If there really is a reason for root to use /etc/crontab vs. crontab(1) > I think it should be documented somewhere. And I'd like to hear what > the reasons are even if they never get formally documented. /etc/crontab lets you nominate who the entries are run _as_. It's useful for general system configuration tasks. Personal crontabs run jobs as their owners. They're good for personal tasks. The two complement each other. > Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[