[rescue] Linux help (was) ZX coolness

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Greg A. Woods wrote:

>[ On Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 16:39:26 (+0200), Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: ]
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>>Subject: [rescue] Linux help (was) ZX coolness
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>>2. add the following to /etc/crontab:
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>>	(redhat systems):	0-59/3 * * * * root /bin/sync 2>&1 >/dev/null
>>	(non redhat)		0-59/3 * * * * /bin/sync >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
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>why do non-redhat systems (I'm assuming you mean GNU/linux only) not
>include the user-id field in /etc/crontab?  I thought all GNU/linux
>systems used Vixie's cron implementation, which at least in its *BSD
>incarnation includes the user-id field in /etc/crontab.
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My Debian boxes have the user-id in /etc/crontab.

shawn