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Date:      Wed, 3 May 1995 08:20:16 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users)
Subject:   Re: bug: /usr/src/etc/crontab
Message-ID:  <199505030620.IAA18318@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199505030202.UAA00325@metal.ops.neosoft.com> from "Scott Mace" at May 2, 95 08:02:31 pm

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As Scott Mace wrote:
> 
> > > Does crontab really support the "who" column in /usr/src/etc/crontab?

> > No, that functionality was added when we went with Vixie Cron 3.0.

> ok, then why does this happen:
> 
> /etc/crontab entry:
> 0       *       *       *       *       root    /bin/ls

> root: not found

It's just reminding you kindly that a publically readable crontab file
is considered a big security hole.  Use /var/cron/tabs instead.

:-]

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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