__/ [ Chris F.A. Johnson ] on Sunday 14 May 2006 11:19 \__
> On 2006-05-14, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> While it's fresh in my mind, I use:
>>
>> ,----[ Command ]
>>| sudo crontab cronfile -u roy
>> `----
>>
>> I don't have the -u option on my SuSE 8.1 box. I have just come to realise
>> it.
>
> Are you sure it doesn't have it, or does it not use the GNU
> capability of placing options anywhere on the commandline?
>
> Did you try:
>
> sudo -u roy crontab cronfile
>
> And, if you are doing this as roy, why did you not just do:
>
> crontab cronfile
>
>> < snip self />
Well, good question. At the time, if I recall correctly, I was assigning
these tasks to both root and roy, so I quickly ran:
,----[ Command ]
| sudo crontab cronfile -u root
| sudo crontab cronfile -u roy
`----
The latter was only 3 keystrokes, plus ENTER. I then ran, having had the
superuser password in memory:
,----[ Command ]
| sudo crontab -u root -l
| sudo crontab -u roy -l
`----
Just to double-check. But your point is nonetheless a good one and it puts me
a position of embarrassment and humility. *smile*
Best wishes,
Roy
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