Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ3i] cron entry problem

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Theodore Jones schrieb:

> another user.  Since it cannot reach this user, it gets bounced to me
> Admin account I think.

is it bounced, or does it arrive there directly ?

is it a root cronjob ? root`s mail is forwarded to the alias "sys", wich
is
the admin account and other adresses you assign in the gui.
 
> I deleted this user's account and now I am not sure how to delete the
> crontab entry for this account.  When I do a "crontab -u exampleuser",
> it says "user not found" or something to that effect.   How do I go
> about finding where this crontab entry was created, what user it is

crontab -l as root to see root`s crontab, and check /etc/crontab, too.

> attached to, and how to kill it off?   When I do a "crontab -e" as root,
> the text file that the editor program opens says cleary not to edit that
> file... ?!

it means that you should not edit it *directly*, but using crontab -e.

"man crontab" ((5), i think) is your friend.

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