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On 2017-01-28 22:40, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> There are valid cases where denying read access to crontabs is |
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> desirable, for example a command run from cron requires a password and |
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> the only way to provide it is on the command line. Such programs |
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> exist, and the cron app provides a way to limit exposure. |
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I have to disagree. By this argument, /sbin and /usr/sbin shouldn't be |
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readable either. |
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The password can be in a file, and read into a shell variable. |
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Apart from that, there's also Frank's objection. Maybe /proc/cmdline |
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can be disabled, though. In that case ps wouldn't be able to see the |
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arguments. |
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