Thanks! ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Sun, 8/1/10, Thomas Cameron wrote: From: Thomas Cameron Subject: Re: System crontab To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 11:23 AM On 07/30/2010 12:11 AM, keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been setting up a cron job and found out there are two different > crons. 1) the user cron located at /var/spool/cron/ on my Fedora Box and > 2) the system crontab located at /etc/crontab . > > When I do the crontab -e (if I am recalling correctly) I am editing the > user crontab. > > To edit the system crontab do I just use VI or some other editor? > > I would have thought if I were root and issued crontab -e I would have > been editing the system crontab, however this was not my experience. > > Thanks in advance for your insight. If it's a Red Hat-ish box, use /etc/cron.hourly, /etc/cron.daily, /etc/cron.weekly and /etc/cron.monthly.  Create a script, make it executable, and copy it into one of those directories. You should never need to edit /etc/crontab.  For individuals (including root), crontab -e or crontab -r will do what you want. TC --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss