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AIX Version 4.3 Commands Reference, Volume 1

cronadm Command

Purpose

Lists or removes crontab or at jobs.

Syntax

To List or Remove crontab Jobs

cronadm cron { { -l -v } [ UserName ] ... | -r UserName }

To List or Remove at Jobs

cronadm at {-lUserName ] | -rUserName JobName } }

Description

The cronadm command is used by a root user to list or remove all users crontab or at jobs.

The cron jobs are listed and removed by the UserName parameter. One or more UserNames can be specified. To list all cron jobs, do not specify a user. The at jobs are listed by UserName and can be removed either by the UserName parameter or by the JobName parameter.

The name of a crontab job file is the name of the user who submitted the crontab job and the name of the file in the /var/spool/cron/crontabs directory. The name of an at job is the name of the user who submitted the at job concatenated with a code for the time the at job was submitted.

Flags

cronadm cron

-l Lists all crontab files. If the UserName parameter is specified, only the designated crontab files are listed.
-r Removes crontab files. The UserName parameter should be specified, to remove the designated crontab file.
-v Lists the status of all crontab jobs. If the UserName parameter is specified, only the designated crontab files are listed verbosely.

cronadm at

-l Lists the at jobs for the user specified by the UserName parameter.
-r Removes the at job specified by either the UserName or JobName parameter.

Security

Access Control: Used only by a user with root authority.

Auditing Events: If the auditing subsystem has been properly configured and is enabled, the cronadm command will generate the following audit record (event) every time the command is executed:

Event Information
AT_JobRemove Lists whether a crontab or at job was removed and when.

See "Setting up Auditing" in AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices for more details about how to properly select and group audit events, and how to configure audit event data collection.

Examples

  1. To list all crontab jobs, enter:
    cronadm cron -l
  2. To list all at jobs currently queued for user bob , enter:
    cronadm at -l bob

Files

/usr/bin/cronadm Contains the cronadm command.

Related Information

The at command, auditpr command, crontab command.

The cron daemon.

The Auditing Overview in AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices explains more about audits and audit events.


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