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Re: cron + network share(w/ full access?)
On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 01:14:52PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 09:03:40PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 02:47:07PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> > > Right. Looks like 18 is hardwired in cron.
> >
> > Yes, it is hardwired to 18 (SYSTEM) as it is harwired to 0 (root) on
> > other UNIX systems. Starting cron under another account isn't supported.
> >
> Corinna,
>
> Is it really needed? If the user isn't privileged enough, cron will
> fail anyway. See parallel thread on patching mkpasswd.
> BTW it's the 3rd cron thread today.
Well, it's the way cron works. Started from a privileged account
and then it changes user context to the owner of the crontab files
to start the applications. And for cron it is known (and documented
in /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README) that it should be started under SYSTEM.
What's that problem with mkpasswd? The system account is created already
since October 2001.
Anyway, I can change cron if it makes people happy...
Corinna
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