INN FAQ Systems where only root can have "cron" jobs.

INN FAQ Part 2

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Subject: (2.12) Systems where only root can have "cron" jobs.
Your cron jobs may not work if you use: su news -c /usr/lib/news/bin/news.daily delayrm expireover Instead, you must put the entire command in quotes. Like this: su news -c "/usr/lib/news/bin/news.daily delayrm expireover" Look for "Pyramid" later in this FAQ for the interesting details. ------------------------------ [Source: INN FAQ Part 2 Archive-name: usenet/software/inn-faq/part2] [Last Changed: $Date: 1997/09/23 01:25:52 $ $Revision: 2.34 $] [Copyright: 1997 Heiko Rupp, portions by Tom Limoncelli, Rich Salz, et al.]

Subject: (2.12) Systems where only root can have "cron" jobs.

Your cron jobs may not work if you use:

        su news -c /usr/lib/news/bin/news.daily delayrm expireover

Instead, you must put the entire command in quotes. Like this:

        su news -c "/usr/lib/news/bin/news.daily delayrm expireover"

Look for "Pyramid" later in this FAQ for the interesting details.

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[Source: INN FAQ Part 2 Archive-name: usenet/software/inn-faq/part2]
[Last Changed: $Date: 1997/09/23 01:25:52 $ $Revision: 2.34 $]
[Copyright: 1997 Heiko Rupp, portions by Tom Limoncelli, Rich Salz, et al.]