One creates the script, places it in /usr/local/bin (for example), and runs it via a root CRONTAB entry.



At 12:42 AM 3/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 12:28 AM, Jonathan Chen wrote:

Dunno about Linux, but every other modern UNIX out there doesn't allow setuid scripts.

Thanks for your response. Now my question is - how does one automate tasks requiring root privileges?


Paul Lathrop
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