Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!tygra!jpp From: jpp@tygra.ddmi.com (John Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Logging In as UUCP to Set crontab Keywords: UUCP CRON Message-ID: <350@tygra.ddmi.com> Date: 15 Aug 90 23:48:13 GMT References: <250@silogic.UUCP> <25@raysnec.UUCP> Reply-To: jpp@tygra.UUCP (John Palmer) Organization: CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Detroit, MI Lines: 28 In article <25@raysnec.UUCP> shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) writes: >markd@silogic.UUCP (Mark DiVecchio) writes: > >>I don't quite understand how I get a new uucp owned crontab into >>/usr/spool/cron/crontabs. > >>To do this for uucp, I need to login as uucp but, of course, the login >>shell is uucico so that won't work. Real simple: Login as root, and do this: cd /usr/spool/cron/crontabs cp /dev/null uucp chown uucp uucp chgrp uucp uucp chmod 644 uucp Then, edit the file, put in the commands, kill the current cron process (I'm SORRY - but regardless of what SCO says, the cron process DOES NOT periodically check the crontab files and update its internal database) and then restart cron by typing /etc/cron. -- = CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Prototype Computer Conferencing System = - 1-800-825-3069, 300/1200/2400/9600 baud, 8/N/1. New users use 'new' - = as a login id. E-Mail Address: jpp@ThunderCat.COM = - <<>>> -