Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-100
Severity: minor
When root executes the following command:
crontab -l -u someuser
and the user 'someuser' is not allowed to execute cron-jobs,
crontab writes following message in the syslog file:
Nov 11 13:27:15 host crontab[6792]: (root) AUTH (crontab command
not allowed)
For me this suggests, that the user 'root' is not allowed to run crontab.
It think, since there is also an error message on the stderr:
You (someuser) are not allowed to use this program (crontab)
it is not necessary to write anything to syslog, when root is executing the
command. If it's sensefull to write such messages at all is another question.
Thanks for your activity,
Jan
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages cron depends on:
ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups
ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libpam0g 0.79-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 1.32-3 SELinux shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.1-23.2etch1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
Versions of packages cron recommends:
ii exim4 4.63-17 metapackage to ease exim MTA (v4)
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.63-17 lightweight exim MTA (v4) daemon
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