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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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  1. 12-31-2004 #1
    gstuartj
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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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