crontab -e will open the user's crontab, while sudo crontab -e will open the root user's crontab. It's not recommended to run sudo commands in a user cron job, so if you need root privileges in …

Apr 13, 2015 · heemayl is correct about the location of crontab files on Linux, but it might be different on other operating systems and "theoretically" is could also be in a different location …

I have a cron job that is scheduled to run every day. Other than changing the schedule, is there any other way to do a test run of the cron job right now to see if it works as intended? I know the

Feb 7, 2011 · My sysadmin has set up a bunch of cron jobs on my machine. I'd like to know exactly what is scheduled for what time. How can I get that list?

It depends on the distribution you're using, but usually you should find a file called "crontab" in your system's /etc directory. You should also be able to examine the current crontab using the …

Sep 6, 2016 · 71 It might be useful to note that jobs in a personal crontab (crontab -e) are always executed as their owner, where /etc/crontab contains an additional mandatory <user> field …

I have a user on my linux server who has sudo. I want to edit the crontab of another user. I'm new to this though and don't understand what the man pages are telling me yet. Man crontab tells …

Feb 6, 2020 · How to comment all the crontab entries and then uncomment same using a script Ask Question Asked 5 years, 10 months ago Modified 3 months ago

Jun 24, 2024 · I'm getting permission denied on crontab with any command I run and I don't know why. The crontab is configured directly by my root user. So I edit crontab with the root user …

Jan 23, 2012 · I need to run a script daily. The script should be run as a specific user (ex. user1) not as root. So I put the cron file at /etc/cron.d and put the user name in the line (2nd column). …