Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:56:57 -0400 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running cron jobs as nobody Message-ID: <48E4EF49.5080605@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <20081002153646.GA24929@ayn.mi.celestial.com> References: <48E4E4B8.90202@pixelhammer.com> <20081002153646.GA24929@ayn.mi.celestial.com>
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Bill Campbell wrote: > You can use ``su -c '/path/to/command' username'' to run scripts as > users other than root. > > Another way is to use ``crontab -u username''. man crontab for > details. > > Bill I am being told the developer tried a user crontab without success. I've not suggested they try su yet though I dropped hints. Still seems odd that setting the user to nobody in /etc/crontab did not work. Dave -- Don't tell me I'm driving the cart!
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