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Xref: sserve comp.security.unix:9203 comp.os.386bsd.questions:15101 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!purdue!news.bu.edu!olivea!koriel!wnoc-sfc-news!fxmxgw!kspgwy!iwagw!jun From: jun@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp (Junichi Kurokawa) Newsgroups: comp.security.unix,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: [FreeBSD] need `root' in allow? Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions Date: 08 Dec 1994 00:40:56 GMT Organization: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Akasaka, Tokyo. Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <JUN.94Dec8094056@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Experts, Do you really need `root' in /var/cron/allow? My understainding is that `root' is the legitimately privileged user for executing cron jobs in most circumstances, therefore putting `root' as an entry in the `allow' file along with other general users is kind of bogus business. Your comments, especially working experiences, desperately wanted. Thanks in advance. Cheers, junichi -- Junichi Kurokawa Image and Printing System Products Development Center Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.