how to run a job as a different user from crontab

digitallyamar · 09-13-2009, 06:22 AM

How do i run a script(say abc.pl) in cronjob with some other user id.

Say, I am admin of a server and i want to run a script abc.pl as user X through cron job at the some particular time of day. How do i do it using cronjob that runs with my id.

Any suggestions?

EricTRA · 09-13-2009, 06:26 AM

Hello,

You can su - to the user or edit the user's crontab directly if you're root:

Code:

crontab -u <user> -e

You could also edit the user's crontab files. Location depends on what distro you're using.

Kind regards,

Eric

repo · 09-13-2009, 06:39 AM

or use

Code:

15 * * * * username /usr/bin/somecommand

Make sure the user has access to all commands in the script