Re: Empty crontab

[Cédric Lucantis <omer@no-log.org>]

> >> I see tasks from directories /etc/cron.* are ran regulary, but when I
> >> run "crontab -e" as root, the file is empty. Where are these tasks
> >> schedualed? I am asking because I want to know at what time of the day
> >> are tasks from cron.daily ran  and how to change it.
> >
> > If I am not mistaken crontab -e edits root's crontab, however, according
> > to me, you are looking for /etc/crontab, aren't you ?
>
> I thaught root's crontab is /etc/crontab. Thanks. Which command then to
> run to edit this file (sometime ago I read it is not recommended to edit
> it directly)?

You can edit it with any editor. If I remember well, this restriction exists 
on other systems but Debian is not concerned.

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Cédric Lucantis