On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:45:24AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thursday 14 April 2005 20:05, Gerrit Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While I think that user specific services are useful, I don't think cron > > is the right place for that. The init system should support user-owned > > services and an interface for the user to manage them. I personally use > > the runit programs for that, see also > > So you are suggesting that we should have a second system that has a > SETUID/SETGID program to allow users to configure their jobs and a job > execution program that runs jobs in the background, sends email to users, > etc.
No, not at all, don't know why you think so. Both, bcron and runit, have a concept of privilege separation by design, neither uses setuid or setgid programs. cron handles scheduled jobs, init handles uptime services. > Why re-write cron when cron only needs a minor change? I'm afraid I again can't follow your thinking. Anyway, upstream documented the reasons for implementing bcron http://untroubled.org/bcron/bcron.html#SEC2 Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
