User Commands                                          crontab(1)

NAME
     crontab - user crontab file

SYNOPSIS
     crontab  [ filename ]

     crontab  [ -elr ] username

DESCRIPTION
     The crontab  utility manages a user's access with cron  (see
     cron(1M))  by copying, creating, listing, and removing cron-
     tab  files.  If invoked without options, crontab  copies the
     specified  file,  or the standard input if no file is speci-
     fied, into a directory that holds all users' crontabs.

  crontab Access Control
     Users: Access to crontab  is allowed:

        o  if the user's name appears in /etc/cron.d/cron.allow.

        o  if  /etc/cron.d/cron.allow  does  not  exist  and  the
           user's name is not in /etc/cron.d/cron.deny.

     Users: Access to crontab  is denied:

        o  if /etc/cron.d/cron.allow exists and the  user's  name
           is not in it.

        o  if /etc/cron.d/cron.allow does not  exist  and  user's
           name is in /etc/cron.d/cron.deny.

        o  if neither file exists, only a user with the                  |
           solaris.jobs.user authorization is allowed to submit a job.   |*


     The allow/deny files consist of one user name per line.

  crontab Entry Format
     A crontab  file consists of lines of six  fields  each.  The

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OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -e        Edits a copy of the current user's crontab   file,
               or  creates an empty file to edit if crontab  does
               not exist. When editing is complete, the  file  is
               installed  as the user's crontab  file. If a user-
               name is given, the specified user's crontab   file
               is  edited, rather than the current user's crontab
               file; this may only be done by a user with the         |
               solaris.jobs.admin authorization. The                  |*
               environment  variable EDITOR determines which edi-
               tor is invoked with the  -e  option.  The  default
               editor  is  ed(1).   Note  that  all  crontab jobs
               should be submitted using crontab ; you should not
               add jobs by just editing the crontab  file because
               cron  will not be aware of changes made this way.

     -l        Lists the crontab  file  for  the  invoking  user.
               Only a user with the solaris.jobs.admin authoriza-     |*
               tion can specify a username following                  |
               the -r or -l options to remove or list the crontab
               file of the specified user.

     -r        Removes  a  user's  crontab   from   the   crontab

SunOS 5.8           Last change: 20 Feb 1997                    2

User Commands                                          crontab(1)

               directory.