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Just a quick question... If I have a program set up to be run every day on root's crontab, will it still run if I'm not logged into root? If ...
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    Crontab

    Just a quick question... If I have a program set up to be run every day on root's crontab, will it still run if I'm not logged into root? If I'm logged in as a normal, privilage-deprived user, will the program still run every day? Thanks.

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    yes,
    cron should run the command no matter which user is currently logged in

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    Thanks!

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    No problem.

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