Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 17:37:43 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is root's crontab different? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.02.9901031736460.6323-100000@epistolic.cynic.net> In-Reply-To: <199901040126.RAA55023@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > The original cron program had *only* /etc/crontab. The support for it > is a backwards compatibility throwback that we really don't need any > more. Right. It's not used at all under NetBSD. > I suppose > /etc/crontab might have some limited usefullness running cron jobs for > special users that do not have real shells installed for their password > entry.... You should be able to do the same with per-user crontabs by setting SHELL=/bin/sh at the beginning of the crontab. cjs -- Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> 604 801 5335 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil. The most widely ported operating system in the world: http://www.netbsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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