Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:28:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Richard Coleman <coleman@math.gatech.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root's crontab? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518152641.9951x-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199805172001.QAA16435@cypress.math.gatech.edu>
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On Sun, 17 May 1998, Richard Coleman wrote: > When I do "crontab -l" as root, the system states that root has no > crontab. Yet it apppears the file /etc/crontab is functioning as > root's crontab (since logfiles are being rotated, etc.). This is > counter-intuitive. Is there a rationale for this behavior? Discourages people from logging in as root to change root's crontab, and (IMHO) it separates system tasks (like daily maintenance) from personal tasks (filtering root's mail). I noted that the Linux box next to me here (which I am NOT using!) does it this way. It threw me when /etc/crontab didn't exist. > Also, the fact that this file is world-readable, seems like a > bad idea (a small, but potential security risk). cron runs a root so you can make it 500 if you want. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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