10.4. Editing a Cron Job

Existing Cron jobs, including those created by users through Webmin or included with your operating system, can be edited and rescheduled using this module. Be careful when editing jobs that came as part of your distribution though, as some perform important tasks like truncating web server, mail, and login log files so that they do not use up all of your disk space.

To edit an existing job, follow these steps:

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On the main page of the module, click on the command for the job that you want to edit. This will take you to the module editing form, which is similar to Figure 10.2.
2.
Change any of the details of the job, including the user, command, active status, and execution times and dates.
3.
When done, click the

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