Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!viusys!uxui!unislc!harem!wes From: wes@harem.clydeunix.com (Barnacle Wes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Other user's crontab (was: Re: SCO License security - another flame) Summary: Yes, yes, RTFM! Message-ID: <317@harem.clydeunix.com> Date: 4 Jun 91 23:52:16 GMT References: <1991May21.080236.20551@kithrup.COM> <1248@dms.UUCP> <1991May21.172622.5358@logixwi.uucp> Organization: Clyde's Harem; Eunuchs Guard Lines: 32 In article <1248@dms.UUCP> shepperd@dms.UUCP (Dave Shepperd) writes: > Maybe so, but I can't get su to "work" on my Xenix, Unix and Esix systems > either. > So I use root's crontab and do a su to news from there (which does work). sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: > That's pretty interesting, considering that there is nothing in xenix that > would prevent that. > Or are you upset because you can't have other users use crontab? > In which case I would suggest you RTFM. Something I would expect of any > system administrator. In article <1991May21.172622.5358@logixwi.uucp>, jpm@logixwi.uucp (Jan-Piet Mens) writes: > BTW, the FM says you should insert the names of all users allowed to > use crontab in /usr/lib/cron/cron.allow. 1 per line ;-) Try logging in as "news", edit a crontab, and then use the crontab command to submit the crontab to the system for user "news". As mentioned above, news should be listed in /usr/lib/cron/cron.allow. What do you mean your news account is set NoLogin? :-) I suspect su will work for what you want if you "su - news", unless this is another problem with the SCO "secure su" command. This should certainly work under good ol' insecure :-) Esix and Interactive; it works like a charm on my Sys V/AT. Wes Peters -- #include The worst day sailing My opinions, your screen. is much better than Raxco had nothing to do with this! the best day at work. Wes Peters: wes@harem.clydeunix.com ...!sun!unislc!harem!wes