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Re: [cobalt-users] Re: [RaQ 550] - URGENT - CRONTAB NOT CHANGEABLE



At 01:57 PM 13/06/03 +0200, you wrote:
Hi all,

I've a problem while trying to edit my crontab for eatch users.

When i type "crontab -e" and then valid changes in vi,

it allways tells me : "crontab: no changes made to crontab".

even as root ...

What should i do to solve this problem ?

To "temporary" solve this problem, i edit the /var/spool/cron files, and
then restart crond
But it is not a solution.

Thanks all for your help ...

Laurent.

I create my cron files using the pico and then insert them using this syntax: crontab 'sourcefile'

then I check that the changes were made using crontab -l

This way I always have a backup of my user's cron jobs that I can restore any time.

see: http://www.scrounge.org/linux/cron.html for more info.

- Bill B.




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