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> hey all, |
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> Recently, I set up a local news server and want to fetch news by using |
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> vixie cron. For security, I want to drop root to news ( only news and |
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> root can run fetchnews). So I add one line in crontab by using |
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> "crontab -e": |
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> */5 * * * * news fetchnews |
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> Actually, I just follow the examples from previous lines, which are |
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> 0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly |
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> 1 3 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily |
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> 15 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly |
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> 30 5 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly |
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> */10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && |
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> /usr/sbin/run-crons |
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> But, vixie seem cannot tell the user name from command, every time it |
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> will send me an system email says that root/news command not find. |
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> Can anybody tell me why it is so? Does vixie support to specify the |
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> user who run the command. Thank you. |
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Whith "crontab -e" as root user, you edit the crontab for the root user, where all entries are run as root and you can't set |
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another name. Use "crontab -e -u news" instead. |
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