Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 14:28:35 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: Richard Coleman <coleman@math.gatech.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root's crontab? Message-ID: <3560A803.6863BF0@dal.net> References: <199805172001.QAA16435@cypress.math.gatech.edu>
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Richard Coleman wrote: > > 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.). Your assumption is incorrect. /etc/crontab is the system's crontab, not root's. > Also, the fact that this file is world-readable, seems like a > bad idea (a small, but potential security risk). So why don't you change it? I can't imagine that it would make a difference, however if it breaks feel free to write back since that would indicate a bug. Good luck, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud designer and maintainer of the world's largest Internet *** Relay Chat server with 5,328 simultaneous connections. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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