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Date:      Sun, 17 May 1998 16:01:56 -0400
From:      Richard Coleman <coleman@math.gatech.edu>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   root's crontab?
Message-ID:  <199805172001.QAA16435@cypress.math.gatech.edu>

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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?

Also, the fact that this file is world-readable, seems like a
bad idea (a small, but potential security risk).

This is with FreeBSD 2.2.6.

Thanks,

--
Richard Coleman
coleman@math.gatech.edu

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