Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 22:40:01 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab Message-ID: <20001210224001.C88567@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001209223834.82272B-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 10:42:41PM -0500 References: <200012092254.eB9Msbk55407@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001209223834.82272B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 10:42:41PM -0500, Robert Watson wrote:
> > 1 3 * * * root lockf /var/run/periodic periodic daily
> > 1 3 * * 6 root lockf /var/run/periodic periodic weekly
> > 1 3 1 * * root lockf /var/run/periodic periodic monthly
...
> As such, any random process running as any random user can acquire the
> lock and stack up all your periodic scripts, DoSing you.
What am I missing here?? Random users do not have write permission in
/var/run/.
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