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gauthamk

09-06-2008 09:32 AM

How to set up a cronjob as a normal user ?

Hello all,
I want to setup a cronjob but i don't have previlized access(root access).I can login to machine as a normal user.How can a normal user set up a cronjob ?.As a normal user I don't have access to edit /etc/crontab.Is there any other alternatives available to set up ? Any help
will be appreciated .

b0uncer

09-06-2008 10:01 AM

As far as I know, you are not supposed to edit any files directly but rather run

Code:

crontab -e

to setup cron jobs.

Code:

usage:        crontab [-u user] file

        crontab [-u user] { -e | -l | -r }

                (default operation is replace, per 1003.2)

        -e        (edit user's crontab)

        -l        (list user's crontab)

        -r        (delete user's crontab)

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