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From: Hans de Hartog <dehartog@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vixie-cron inconsistencies
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:29:50
Message-Id: 44C225C4.1020608@rootsr.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] vixie-cron inconsistencies by Hans de Hartog
1 Hans de Hartog wrote:
2
3 >The cron manpage says that /etc/crontab should have mode 0600.
4 >However, it is installed with 0644.
5 >
6 >A /etc/cron.deny is installed without any users in it which
7 >means (according to crontab(1)) that all users are allowed
8 >to work with crontab.
9 >However, /usr/bin/crontab has mode 4710 which means that you
10 >must be member of the group cron to be able to use crontabs.
11 >
12 >Should I report a bug?
13 >
14 >
15 No, I shouldn't. Already done: 60086 and 122876
16 Sorry, I should have searched bugtrack first.
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