how to run a job as a different user from crontab
 

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?

Hello,

You can su - to the user or edit the user's crontab directly if you're root:
You could also edit the user's crontab files. Location depends on what distro you're using.

Kind regards,

Eric

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