Using cron

tommytomato · 01-05-2006, 11:46 PM

I put a few more in as well, all seem to be working

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timmeke · 01-06-2006, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by tommytomato

I'm using root all the time, so do I still need to create that /etc/cron.allow folder ?

Well, no, of course not.
As the man pages for cron and crontab say: when both cron.allow and cron.deny files are missing, then only root has the possibility to specify cron jobs.

Working as root all the time is however a serious security hazard, not to mention the
fact that, since you can do just about everything, your slightest mistake can mess up your
system completely.

tommytomato · 01-06-2006, 02:44 AM

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Working as root all the time is however a serious security hazard, not to mention the fact that, since you can do just about everything, your slightest mistake can mess up your
system completely.

I hear you.

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