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Old 12-02-2004, 09:35 AM   #1
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Manually editing cron


Hi,

Im currently writing a program that needs to write to my specific cron file.

Im using slackware and the crontab is located in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<user>

my question is, is there a way to edit this file? What permissions should i set?

Thanks

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Old 12-02-2004, 10:11 AM   #2
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crontab -e [username]
 
Old 12-02-2004, 01:51 PM   #3
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Even though your solution is wrong, thanks anyways.

I just had to set read permissions on /var/spool/cron/crontabs, and my own crontab.
 
Old 12-02-2004, 02:34 PM   #4
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sorry, didn't read properly!
 
Old 12-02-2004, 03:02 PM   #5
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Even though your solution is wrong, thanks anyways.

I just had to set read permissions on /var/spool/cron/crontabs, and my own crontab.
The solution provided is not actually wrong. You should limit the permissions on your crontabs, they are set that way for a reason. The correct and proper way is to use crontab -e and if its your own crontab and your running the program as yourself, you shouldn't have any problems working around to make it work using that command instead of editing the file manually.

Just a thought!
 
Old 12-02-2004, 03:23 PM   #6
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hurray for me!
 
  


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