-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 299 Sep 30 07:55 /etc/crontab I changed it to
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 299 Sep 30 07:55 /etc/crontab* just for kicks and it had no effect. It's now back to the original settings. --- Original Message --- From: "Flood Randy Capt AFCA/TCAA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [expert] crontab -e AND date in 9.0 >What are the permissions on /etc/crontab? > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:20 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [expert] crontab -e AND date in 9.0 > > >I have 9.0 "final" loaded and have 2 problems currently... > >when I run crontab -e to add an entry (as root or a normal user) >it creates a temporary file such as /tmp/crontab.24908. When I >finish my entries, do :wq and try to verify my entries with >crontab -l or by rerunning crontab -e, the temporary file was >never written to a permanent file. I have not had this problem >previously; is this a known problem and is there a known fix or >am I missing something I need to do? > >Also, in trying to set my time I ran date with the -u option >(print or set Coordinated Universal Time). I need to reset my >system to use CDT rather than UTC. How do I reset my timezone, >please? > >Thanks, >Joe > > >
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