Yes, I realise that...been thinking of it but when I change the cron job to run as another user, that user has to be logged in.
I log on locally as root....maybe I should log on as myself and 'su -' if I need to do anything system-ish... Lloyd Bayley Berowra PC Services P.O. Box 270 Berowra Heights NSW 2082 Ph: (02) 9456-0292 Mob: 0411-541-007 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.berowrapc.com -----Original Message----- From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 9 April 2006 2:37 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: minor (major) fetchmail problem But that's just it. Running fetchmail as root is a security risk. There's no reason to run it as root, since it works well from a user account. On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 12:49 +1000, Lloyd Bayley - Berowra PC Services wrote: > Ron, > > Thanks for your input! > Yes, that's how I have it....both accounts in one rc file. > > I am ok with it running as root but was wanting to stop it reporting in my > mail about the warning as running as root... > > I shall give what you have sent me below a try and see how I fare! > > Kind Regards, > > > Lloyd Bayley > Berowra PC Services > P.O. Box 270 > Berowra Heights NSW 2082 > > Ph: (02) 9456-0292 > Mob: 0411-541-007 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.berowrapc.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:29 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: minor (major) fetchmail problem > > On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 12:05 +1000, Lloyd Bayley - Berowra PC Services > wrote: > > Yes, true... > > I just run the thing as root and have a .fetchmailrc file in the /root > dir.. > > It collects mail for all users in the one file (as all 2 users are me!) > > > > Stupid cron keeps emailing me saying fetchmail said: > > > > Warning: Running as root is discouraged > > What if you put both accounts in the same fetchmailrc file? > > When I evactuated for Katrina, I kept this cox.net address, > got a secondary comcast.net address from my father in Dallas, > and put them both in ~/fetchmailrc, thus fetching from both > accounts in the same pass. > > BTW, I run it out of cron: > #!/bin/sh > MAILTO="" > # m h dom mon dow command > */5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/run_fetchmail.sh > exit > > The fetchmail script can be blocked while I backup my data. > $ cat /usr/local/bin/run_fetchmail.sh > #!/bin/sh > > if [ -e /tmp/.backup.LOCK ]; then exit 0; fi > > /usr/bin/fetchmail -S haggis $1 > > > > Every 5 flipping minutes.... > > Am trying to find a way of turning it's user-checking off. :-) > > > > This didn't happen before....Kernels and packages are getting pickier! :-) > > > > > > Lloyd Bayley > > Berowra PC Services > > P.O. Box 270 > > Berowra Heights NSW 2082 > > > > Ph: (02) 9456-0292 > > Mob: 0411-541-007 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Web: www.berowrapc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: 'Clive Menzies' [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, 9 April 2006 10:58 AM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: minor (major) fetchmail problem > > > > On (09/04/06 08:40), Lloyd Bayley - Berowra PC Services wrote: > > > I slept on it and found the problem this morning. > > > For some reason I have the command running as 'fetchmail fetchmail -v' > > took > > > out the first 'fetchmail' and it all came to life. > > > > > > I haven't touched the crontab for ages so perhaps there was that bug all > > > along that the last install was ignoring and this one picked up. > > > > > > Dear me, the tiredness-factor plays a big part sometimes! :-) > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Hehe :) > > > > Glad you sorted it out. > > > > FWIW I run fetchmail as a daemon (no cron); you set the interval in > > /etc/fetchmailrc. For a single user, it's probably not worth doing but > > if you're collecting mail for multiple users, it saves configuring > > individual .fetchmailrc files. > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson, LA USA > > "Its easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as > modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the > same qualities they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no > authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their > material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats > are mean for the fun of it." > P.J. O'Rourke, satirist > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen to their critics with just enough sympathy to ensure their silence." John Kenneth Galbraith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]