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# 1  
Old 05-22-2010
crontab -e as root
So I'm having a problem with crontab -e. It seems like it should work. And it seems like I should know the answer to this question.

Code:
$ su -
# echo $SHELL
/bin/sh
# crontab -e
372

Any thoughts?
# 2  
Old 05-22-2010
Try setting your EDITOR variable:

Code:
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR

# 3  
Old 05-22-2010
Ha ha! I feel so silly. I only put it in the .profile for the user and not the su. Good find and thank you!
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