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From: berliner@convex.UUCP
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Subject: Re: su in crontab (the answer)
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 11:36:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 11:36:00 1986
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> /* Written 12:59 pm  Jan 13, 1986 by wls@astrovax.UUCP in net.bugs.4bsd */
> Of course it would be even better if there was a way in which one could tell
> cron directly under what uid an entry is to be run.  The System V cron and 
> the Version 8 cron (I think) already can do this.

If I remember correctly, the 4.3 BSD version of cron added a field which
would specify the user that the command would be run as.  For example:

00 05 * * * root find /usr/preserve -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} \;
30  * * * * adm  /usr/adm/accounting > /dev/console

These crontab lines would execute the find as root and the accounting as adm
(no flames, please -- these are for examples only).

Brian Berliner
CONVEX Computer Corporation
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