You're supposed to monitor cron jobs? This is probably not the list you = want to ask. Unless you can get root or want to hack into the box, you probably = aren't going to have much luck. And without knowing which unix flavor = you're looking at, you could try /var/spool/cron/crontabs/, but you'd = need root to look at it. Rich -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:48 PM To: LazyDBA; List Subject: Cron Jobs Hi All, I have a requirement to monitor the cron jobs of other Unix users on the = server. All the I have to do is find if cron jobs are commented out or not for = application Unix accouts. Would you please let me know if there is a way = to achive this ? I don't have root access on this box, so this can't be = done as root.=20 Do you know where all the cron files are stored ?=20 Have a great day,=20 Regards, Sam -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l