Bug 120370

Summary:	Missing explanation of /etc/cron.d directory in crontab(5) manpage
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Michael Soulier <msoulier>
Component:	vixie-cron	Assignee:	Jason Vas Dias <jvdias>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Michael Soulier 2004-04-08 03:24:20 UTC

The crond(8) manpage says to reference the crontab(5) manpage for an
explanation of the special syntax of the files under /etc/cron.d.
However, that manpage says nothing about them whatsoever that I can find. 

They should be fully explained, primarily the fact that they require a
userid to run under.

Comment 1 Jason Vas Dias 2004-08-04 15:26:39 UTC

The crontab(5) manpage explains crontab file syntax.
To edit system crontab files, you must be user root.
To edit per-user crontab files, use the crontab(1)
program.