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lyallp
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 Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 11:28 am Post subject: [Solved] running user crontabs |
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Silly question, I know.
I have a user crontab
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configured under my non-root user, lyall.
My system level /etc/cron.{hourly|daily|monthly} all work fine.
My personal crontab does not run.
my /etc/crontab is empty.
my /etc/cron.d has 0hourly and dailyjobs, which, I assume have been working because my /etc/cron.{hourly|daily|monthly} have been working.
I have cronie installed with the anacron use flag set.
Do I need to put in /etc/crontab | Code: |
* * * * * lyall [ -r /var/spool/cron/crontabs/lyall ] && crontab /var/spool/cron/crontabs/lyall
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to run my personal crontab?
I would have thought there was a more 'automatic' way of running user crontabs...
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szatox
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I think your user must be in cron group (or crontab group).
At lest it used to be this way, with multiple permission systems in place things got a bit fuzzy. I've seen issues with cron not running on user account without password set too. Like in an ssh key only login account. Unlikely scenario on a personal machine, but wasn't uncommon in a managed (company) environment. |
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fedeliallalinea
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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Can help related wiki page?
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lyallp
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 12:05 pm Post subject: [Solved] running user crontabs |
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Thanks for the quick reply!
I did not have my user in the /etc/cron.allow file....
I also did not have group 'crontabs' configured in my user.
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