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From: ralfi@pemcom.pem-stuttgart.de (Ralf U. Holighaus)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SCO License security - another flame
Message-ID: <1180@pemcom.pem-stuttgart.de>
Date: 20 Jun 91 08:43:52 GMT
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mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:

>ralfi@pemcom.pem-stuttgart.de (Ralf U. Holighaus) writes:
>> Ever heard of the crontab command? That correctly updates the cron tables
>> in the /usr/spool/cron/crontabs directory WITHOUT problems. Thats the clean
>> way.  Not the quick'n dirty one.

>Yes, I've heard of it.  I also know that crontab does not work when
>you've su'd to another user.  For example, how do I change the crontab
>for user "news", which has an unmatchable password (no need to ever
>log in as news)?  I can't log in as "news", and crontab doesn't work
>if I su to "news" from root.

Install Support Level Supplement SLS unx257, and you will succeed with
su and crontab.

Regards
Ralf.
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