[aklug] (ana)cron & Linux Counter update script

I was checking on my entries on the Linux Counter site and realized that even though I have it set up in cron for a weekly update, my machine hasn't been updated in about 2 months.

I poked into it and realized that it was set up to update, using cron, @ 6:30 Saturday mornings. Well, the machine is a laptop that isn't left on 24/7 and I don't remember the last time I was up @ 6:30 on Saturday.

Obviously, I should be using Anacron. I'm not quite certain how to set this up using Anacron though.

I've read that Anacron will 'catch up' on jobs that weren't done because the system wasn't up, but it's jobs are set up and run as root. I want the job run as a user. The Anacron scrips seem to be set up in '/etc/cron.hourly/', '/etc/cron.daily/', etc. and are regular scripts.

How do I get this job to run as a USER job even though it's being run by and from root? Can I do it the same as a standard 'user' cron job and just put in line in a file that reads: 'jimg /home ... /machine-update -m'? as I would in cron, or is there more to it?

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Jim Gribbin
Linux user #179129
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