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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] need `root' in allow?
Date: 8 Dec 1994 22:18:15 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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In article <JUN.94Dec8094056@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp>,
Junichi Kurokawa <jun@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp> wrote:
>Experts,
>
>Do you really need `root' in /var/cron/allow?

Not really.  I don't have root in mine.  The new cron used in 1.1.5 and
2.0 gets it's root crontab from /etc/crontab.  And, I believe if you don't
have an allow file all users can use.



Nate

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