crontab

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 20 November 2009, Ian L. Target wrote:
>Thomas Olsen wrote:
>> On Friday 20 November 2009 15:44:16 Ian L. Target wrote:
>>> I have downloaded and installed a script from
>>> http://counter.li.org/scripts/
>>>
>>> When I run this script with the -c option, it is supposed to create or
>>> edit a crontab file. Instead, I get the following error message:  You
>>> (ian) or not allowed to use this program (crontab)  See crontab(1) for
>>> more information.
>>>
>>> I googled crontab and read the man pages because I am not really
>>> familiar with crontab.  The google entry says each user should have a
>>> crontab file, another google entry says it is only accessible to the
>>> root user.  Which statement is correct?  The website
>>> http://counter.li.org/scripts/ says it is better to run the script as a
>>> regular use as opposed to the root user so I assume that every user has
>>> a crontab file.
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> It's a bit hard to say without knowing what script you're using.
>> You could just run "crontab -e" from Konsole but then you should
>> definitely read the man page.
>> Otherwise use "System Settings"=>"Advanced"=>"Task Scheduler" and choose
>> "Personal Cron". I haven't used it my self but it looks rather intuitive
>> to use.
>
>When in konsole, I get the same error message:
>
>You (ian) or not allowed to use this program (crontab)
>
Damn!  What ID10T made that decision?  Dumb.

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