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Just copy the contents of the crontab file from one server to another. &nbsp;It is usually located under /var/spool/crontabs.
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Just copy the contents of the crontab file from one server to another.  It is usually located under /var/spool/crontabs.

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sorry I misread the question; listen to wool
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sorry I misread the question; listen to wool

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And how should cron recognize that there's a new crontab now? 
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And how should cron recognize that there's a new crontab now?

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Depending on your flavor of Linux/Unix it should check in every so often but you could use<br />
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crontab -e<br />
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or <br />
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/etc/init.d/crontab stop &amp;&amp;&nbsp;/etc/init.d/crontab start
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Depending on your flavor of Linux/Unix it should check in every so often but you could use

crontab -e

or

/etc/init.d/crontab stop && /etc/init.d/crontab start

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So if you must issue a command like crontab on the target system anyway - why not use it on both ends?<br />
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It's consistent and compatible with almost all Unix flavors (well not with ESX(i) but that's another question).<br />
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wmp
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So if you must issue a command like crontab on the target system anyway - why not use it on both ends?

It's consistent and compatible with almost all Unix flavors (well not with ESX(i) but that's another question).

wmp

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I'm not sure why you are trying to argue with me but if you read above I said I misread the question and to ignore my response. &nbsp;Please help the person asking the question instead.
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I'm not sure why you are trying to argue with me but if you read above I said I misread the question and to ignore my response.  Please help the person asking the question instead.

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Hi,<br />
I have two Unix machine. I want to copy (rsync) the cron file from one machine to another. &nbsp; <br />
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How can I do that? <br />
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and<br />
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Is it secure to do it?<br />
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Thanks,
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Hi,
I have two Unix machine. I want to copy (rsync) the cron file from one machine to another.   

How can I do that? 

and

Is it secure to do it?

Thanks,

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