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Article #754Re: A security hole
From: Guy Harris
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1988 21:23
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1988 21:23
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> Use su in your crontab: > > 0 * * * * su news -c "rnews -U" > > Then rnews (or whatever command you like) will run as news, not root. Or, if you're running an S5R2 or later "cron", just put this entry in "news"'s "crontab" file rather than "root"'s. (Make sure you allow "news" to run "cron" by setting up "cron.allow" and "cron.deny" properly.)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att-cb!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!sun!gorodish!guy From: guy@gorodish.Sun.COM (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: A security hole Message-ID: <47168@sun.uucp> Date: 26 Mar 88 21:23:10 GMT References: <181@wsccs.UUCP> <722@rivm05.UUCP> <478@minya.UUCP> <7521@ncoast.UUCP> <168@ists> Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 9