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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet9.buffnet.net!shovey From: shovey@buffnet.net (Stephen Hovey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't Figure Out Crontab / 2.0.5 Date: 9 Dec 1995 00:24:07 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4aakv7$1aj@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <dhawkDJACBK.9yF@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet9.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] David H (dhawk@netcom.com) wrote: : [Running a conferencing system remotely] : Booted the 2.0.5 on November 15, 1995. Have changed the root : cron entry (with crontab ) a couple of times since but : the changes didn't take effect. I've got processes kicking : off every night that I can't stop. Would rebooting fix anything? : Also, does /etc/crontab do anything? And what runs /etc/daily : (and /etc/weekly, /etc/monthly)? /etc/crontab is what you are supposed to run to make a crontab change. For instance, If I wanted to change root's cron I would type: crontab -l >whatever Then I would edit the file 'whatever' then I would submit it back to cron with: crontab whatever What did you edit to make the changes you were trying for?