docs/66963: [patch] handbook - a note on /etc/crontab

platanthera platanthera at web.de
Fri May 21 18:00:43 UTC 2004


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From: platanthera <platanthera at web.de>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, platanthera at web.de
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/66963: [patch] handbook - a note on /etc/crontab
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 19:50:59 +0200

 just a note on the wording.. I'd suggest to replace
 
 Note: The reason user crontabs exist is to allow individual users to 
 schedule tasks without the need for root priviledges. Commands in a 
 user's crontab run with the permissions of the user who owns the 
 crontab.
 The root user can have a user crontab just like any other user. This is 
 a different crontab from /etc/crontab (the system crontab). Because of 
 the system crontab, there's generally no reason to create a user 
 crontab for root.
 
 by 
 
 Note: User crontabs allow individual users to schedule tasks without the 
 need for root priviledges. Commands in a user's crontab run with the 
 permissions of the user who owns the crontab.
 The root user can have a user crontab just like any other user. This one 
 is different from /etc/crontab (the system crontab). Because of the 
 system crontab, there's usually no need to create a user crontab for 
 root.



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