On Sunday 09 April 2006 02:40, Lloyd Bayley - Berowra PC Services wrote: >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...
Please read fetchmails fine man page. I find its much happier running as a sleeping daemon than as a cron job that has to re-init everytime its run, and you can, on the launch line, also tell it to run as any valid unpriviledged (uid>500) user. Here, it wakes up every 90 seconds and fetches from 3 accounts, then goes back to sleep. > >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? 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