RE: [cobalt-users] crontab editor

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Ligard, Vidar wrote:
> >
> > So if I wanted to add this command to only the admin or root
> > user, where would I create this file? Would I create it in
> > /home/sites/home/users/admin ?
> >
> /home/sites/home/users/admin is for the admin user
> /root is for the root user. The admin and root are really two different users, on cobalts they only happen to have the same password (assuming you use the GUI to change the password)
>
> If you look in /etc/passwd , you will see the home directory of each user. So you probably want to edit or create this file in both of these directories.

I have been following this thread, and have one comment;

make EDITOR="pico -w"
not  EDITOR=pico

Gerald
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