Cron

[Robert Maxwell]

In article <1012 at sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM>, wescott at sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott) writes:
> 
> No. Don't do that.  Use the "crontab -l" to get a copy
> to edit:
...
> 
> Much safer.  Works for anybody that has permission to use cron.
> You don't need to be superabuser to use.  Crontabs are usually 
> -r--r--r-- and owned by root.
> -- 
If you are paranoid and use a 077 umask setting, your own crontab file
will be -r-------- and owned by root. The crontab -l is the only way
you can even read your crontab file.

I think it has been mentioned, but using the crontab command to insert
the new crontab file causes cron to scan the file and reschedule the
jobs.




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