On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:00:06 +0900 Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To use cron as an unpriveleged user, that user must be in the cron group in > /etc/group. Once that is done, logout and login again to update permissions, > after which you can run "crontab -e" to edit your cron jobs. I think it's > insane, but group membership only seems to be read at logon time. (somebody > please correct me and/or tell me how to make it *always* read /etc/group!) hi, it's kind of silly but you could do: % sg cron -c 'crontab -e' from the current shell after being added to cron group. that prevents a logout at least. or "newgrp cron", too. j. > > Regards, > Jason > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
