Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:09:01 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> Subject: Re: Running cron jobs as nobody Message-ID: <200810051909.01619.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <48E4E4B8.90202@pixelhammer.com> References: <48E4E4B8.90202@pixelhammer.com>
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On Thursday 02 October 2008 17:11:52 DAve wrote:
> Good morning all,
>
> We have a cronjob we need to run as nobody from /etc/crontab and it
> seems to be not working. The job runs, but not as user nobody.
>
> I noticed two things,
>
> 1) the job to update the locate DB runs as nobody, because the script
> uses su to become nobody.
> echo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb | nice -5 su -fm nobody || rc=3
^^^
-fm: Bypass .cshrc and only change user, use root env.
> Is setting the user to nobody in /etc/crontab not possible?
pw showuser operator
pw showuser nobody
Spot the difference (hint: /nonexistent)
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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