So the question is. How do I exactly create items in crontab because the -e option is giving me a lot of grief *smile*. Thanks, Sina No trees were destroyed in sending this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Chuck Hallenbeck Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 7:09 PM To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: RE: Help with date and redhat 9 Sima, If you create items in crontab when you are logged on as root, those items will execute even when you change to a normal user. No problem. The only time I create an item in crontab for a nomral user is when that item needs to modify one of that user's files for some reason. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (3% of Full) Get my public key from website, http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup