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Date:      Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:31:33 -0500
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CfR: config chapter changes
Message-ID:  <20120215173133.GA5203@glenbarber.us>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202151024540.31939@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:29:42AM -0700, Warren Block wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012, Glen Barber wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:03:11PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote:
> >>> @@ -547,11 +548,8 @@
> >>>  	  day of the week.  All these fields must be numeric values, and follow
> >>>  	  the twenty-four hour clock.  The <literal>who</literal> field is special,
> >>>  	  and only exists in the <filename>/etc/crontab</filename> file.
> >>> -	  This field specifies which user the command should be run as.
> >>> -	  When a user installs his or her <filename>crontab</filename> file, they
> >>> -	  will not have this option. Finally, the <literal>command</literal>
> >>> option is listed.
> >>>> -	  This is the last field, so naturally it should designate the command
> >>> -	  to be executed.</para>
> >>> +	  This field specifies which user the command should be run
> >>> +	  as.  The last field is the command to be executed.</para>
> >>
> >> Grammar nit:  What do you think about "This field specifies the user
> >> <username>root</username> under which the command should run." ?
> >>
> >
> > Wording issue on my part.  What I meant was: "This field specifies the
> > user under which <username>root</username> should invoke the command."
> 
> How about
> 
>   "user as which <username>root</username> will run the command."
> 

Even better.  Thanks!

Glen




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