Managing System Information, Processes, and Performance in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: September 2014
 
 

Creating and Editing crontab Files Task Map

Task
Description
For Instructions
Create or edit a crontab file.
Use the crontab –e command to create or edit a crontab file.
Verify that a crontab file exists.
Use the ls –l command to verify the contents of the /var/spool/cron/crontabs file.
Display a crontabfile.
Use the ls –l command to display the crontab file.
Remove a crontab file.
The crontab file is set up with restrictive permissions Use the crontab -r command rather than the rm command to remove a crontab file.
Deny crontab access.
To deny users access to crontab commands, add user names to the /etc/cron.d/cron.deny file.
Limit crontab access to specified users.
To allow users access to the crontab command, add user names to the /etc/cron.d/cron.allow file.