Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 18:13:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net> To: coleman@math.gatech.edu (Richard Coleman) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root's crontab? Message-ID: <199805172213.SAA23203@nwalme.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <199805172001.QAA16435@cypress.math.gatech.edu> from Richard Coleman at "May 17, 98 04:01:56 pm"
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> 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? This is the system crontab, not roots. > > Also, the fact that this file is world-readable, seems like a > bad idea (a small, but potential security risk). > I think so as well, however, the chance is very small. > This is with FreeBSD 2.2.6. > > Thanks, > > -- > Richard Coleman > coleman@math.gatech.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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