Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:20:54 +0930 From: "Richard Sim" <webtastic@dingoblue.net.au> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Problem with things running from root when they shouldn't be Message-ID: <005e01bfa9fd$e7bce6c0$0d00a8c0@nutter>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01BFAA4D.875A29A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, I have a problem on a FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE box where when something is = executed by another process, it is always run as root. This happens with = everything, including the crontab, make, even scripts that run other = things like botchk. Does anyone know what could cause this problem, and possible = solutions? Please be as descriptive as possible btw, thanx. regards, Richard. ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01BFAA4D.875A29A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3612.1706"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> I have a problem on a = FreeBSD=20 3.3-RELEASE box where when something is executed by another process, it = is=20 always run as root. This happens with everything, including the crontab, = make,=20 even scripts that run other things like botchk.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> Does anyone know what = could cause=20 this problem, and possible solutions? Please be as descriptive as = possible btw,=20 thanx.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Richard.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01BFAA4D.875A29A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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