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Re: cron + network share(w/ full access?)
On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 09:03:40PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 02:47:07PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> > Right. Looks like 18 is hardwired in cron.
>
> Yes, it is hardwired to 18 (SYSTEM) as it is harwired to 0 (root) on
> other UNIX systems. Starting cron under another account isn't supported.
>
Corinna,
Is it really needed? If the user isn't privileged enough, cron will
fail anyway. See parallel thread on patching mkpasswd.
BTW it's the 3rd cron thread today.
Pierre
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