User-specific anacrontab?

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I can use crontab -e as a normal user to edit my user crontab. Does anacron have any similar feature for individual non-admin users, or does it only have a system-wide anacrontab?

@gavenkoa: That blog has rottet away. – Martin Schröder Mar 30 '15 at 12:53 — Martin Schröder, Mar 30 '15 at 12:53

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 21 '10 at 06:39

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anacron -t ${HOME}/etc/anacrontab -S ${HOME}/var/spool/anacron

-t anacrontab (eg. ${HOME}/etc/anacrontab )
-S spooldir (eg. ${HOME}/var/spool/anacron

Add the command in your ~/.profile to execute when you login, or put it in a hourly cronjob to run on its own.

You don't need to worry about anacron running all its scripts every hour if you put it in cron, as it keeps its own timestamps of its last run in the spool directory.

See man anacrontab for more info on making your own anacrontab file.

edited Aug 21 '10 at 06:39

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answered Aug 21 '10 at 02:20

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glad you managed it :) anything get back to us – Prix Aug 22 '10 at 21:20

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '13 at 17:51

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Depending on the volume of affected scripts, you may also just use sudo -u with the command in your anacrontab file or directory.

Example with bash:

sudo -u ${USER_TO_RUN_AS} bash -l -c "echo 'Replace this echo with some more useful logic.'"

This saves you from having to maintain two additional files.

answered Jan 10 '13 at 17:51

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I think the idea OP was going for was if you aren't the admin. – Thomas Nov 12 '17 at 07:13

User-specific anacrontab?

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