Hi everybody,
pkgstats is neither in [core] or critical but nonetheless I'd like to
get some positive feedback before moving it to extra and making an
announcement.
I have added a cronjob which is installed to /etc/cron.weekly and run
as user nobody. This makes it an "install and forget" package
Am 13.09.2010 13:05, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
> * the cron is run as nobody and not root (anyone knows how to do this
> without sudo? no, su does not work it seems)
$ su -c "/usr/bin/pkgstats" nobody
I use this everywhere, and it works.
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:16:53 +0200, Thomas Bächler
wrote:
> Am 13.09.2010 13:05, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
>> * the cron is run as nobody and not root (anyone knows how to do this
>> without sudo? no, su does not work it seems)
>
> $ su -c "/usr/bin/pkgstats" nobody
> I use this everywhere, and it
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:05:26 +0200
Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> * the cron is run as nobody and not root (anyone knows how to do this
> without sudo? no, su does not work it seems)
You can setuid the file and give it a specific owner, it will be run as
that user. If that's what you're asking.
Also,
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:22:03 +0200, Dieter Plaetinck
wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:05:26 +0200
> Pierre Schmitz wrote:
>
>> * the cron is run as nobody and not root (anyone knows how to do this
>> without sudo? no, su does not work it seems)
>
> You can setuid the file and give it a specific
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:32:50 +0200
Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:22:03 +0200, Dieter Plaetinck
> > You can setuid the file and give it a specific owner, it will be
> > run as that user. If that's what you're asking.
>
> Yes, thought about that too. But: nobody shouldn't own an
Am 13.09.2010 13:18, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:16:53 +0200, Thomas Bächler
> wrote:
>> Am 13.09.2010 13:05, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
>>> * the cron is run as nobody and not root (anyone knows how to do this
>>> without sudo? no, su does not work it seems)
>>
>> $ su -c "/usr/
Am 13.09.2010 13:22, schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:05:26 +0200
> Pierre Schmitz wrote:
>
>> * the cron is run as nobody and not root (anyone knows how to do this
>> without sudo? no, su does not work it seems)
>
> You can setuid the file and give it a specific owner, it will
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 13.09.2010 13:22, schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:05:26 +0200
>> Pierre Schmitz wrote:
>>
>>> * the cron is run as nobody and not root (anyone knows how to do this
>>> without sudo? no, su does not work it seems)
>>
>
[2010-09-13 15:43:33 +0200] Thomas Bächler:
> Am 13.09.2010 13:18, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
> > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:16:53 +0200, Thomas Bächler
> > wrote:
> >> Am 13.09.2010 13:05, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
> >>> * the cron is run as nobody and not root (anyone knows how to do this
> >>> without s
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:52:07 +0200, Gaetan Bisson
wrote:
> [2010-09-13 15:43:33 +0200] Thomas Bächler:
>> Am 13.09.2010 13:18, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
>> > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:16:53 +0200, Thomas Bächler
>> > wrote:
>> >> Am 13.09.2010 13:05, schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
>> >>> * the cron is run as
[2010-09-13 18:00:07 +0200] Pierre Schmitz:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:52:07 +0200, Gaetan Bisson
> wrote:
> >
> > This can be overriden by "su -s /bin/sh nobody"; the issue here is that
> > the third field of nobody's entry in /etc/shadow (which indicates when
> > the password was last changed) is
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:05:26 +0200, Pierre Schmitz
wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> pkgstats is neither in [core] or critical but nonetheless I'd like to
> get some positive feedback before moving it to extra and making an
> announcement.
>
> I have added a cronjob which is installed to /etc/cron.week
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