hi,

* Hal Burgiss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 01:27:20PM -0400, ebinc wrote:
> > Hi List
> > I enter this exactly as shown below
> > crontab [-u user] -e   
> > but I keep getting an error I have Red Hat 7.2
> 
> The '[...]' means optional. If you use the '-u' flag, it would be
> typed as:
> 
>   crontab -u user -e
> 
> without the '[]'. Normally, it is just a 'crontab -e' (without the
> quotes and -u option).
> 
   the root user can /add/edit/delete any of the users cronjob entries by 
using 
        # crontab -u user_name -e   

whereas the individual users who have to add/edit there cronjob entries 
can login to their account and use
        $ crontab -e
  
and make appropiate entries 

-cheers-


rk
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