Re: [LUG] Crontab sanity check

[Martin Gautier <martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh yeah. I'd missed adding the user name "root". Just did a scheduled 
run set for 3:30 and it kicked off fine.

Thanks Martijn (and Philip)

Martin

On 10/08/11 12:33, Martijn Grooten wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Philip Hudson wrote:
> > You must use:
> >
> > crontab -e
> >
> > For root crontab:
> > sudo crontab -e
> Or, if you want to use /etc/crontab add the user name before the command, e.g.
>
> 1 23 * * * root /opt/cronjob/startme
> 1 7 * * * root /opt/cronjob/stopme
>
> At least, that's what /etc/crontab on my Ubuntu suggests; I always use
> crontab -e myself.
>
> Martijn.

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