On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Logan Shaw wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > > By default, they're probably already setup. /etc/crontab usually points > > at them. > > What's an /etc/crontab? I've never seen one of those before.
That's the global default crontab file (at least in some versions of cron). It does things like run the hourly, daily, weekly and monthly cron jobs via run-parts or a similar tool (at least in some versions of cron). If you don't have an /etc/crontab then your cron package may be improperly installed, or may have become damaged after installation. Does your cron package report missing files if you verify its integrity (however your package manager does that, e.g. "rpm -V vixie-cron")? -- John Hardin KA7OHZ ICQ#15735746 http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a [EMAIL PROTECTED] key: 0xB8732E79 - 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) means that now you use your computer at the sufferance of Microsoft Corporation. They can kill it remotely without your consent at any time for any reason. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
