Re: [SLE] cron for normal users
From: Kenneth Schneider (suselist_at_rtsx.com)
Date: 04/01/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 07:16:17 -0500
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 05:17, Hollweg, Daniel wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> SuSe 9.0 pro with file settings secure. I want an normal user to be able to
> use crontab
> in order put cronjobs in place. If the users tries to install a crontab
> using crontab -e he
> gets an /usr/bin/crontab permission denied. If I have a look on the file
> permissions this
> behavior is correct:
>
> -rwsr-x--- 1 root trusted 22812 Sep 23 2003 /usr/bin/crontab
>
> First I thought about putting the user in the group trusted but the it has
> the rights
> to execute gpasswd.
>
> Next step I set the x-bit for other on /usr/bin/crontab. No the user can use
> the crontab.
> But when I make a reboot of the system the permission is chnaged to
> -rwsr-x--- automatically.
>
> I think this is a result of the file permission safe setting in yast. But
> when root changes a permission
> I do not want the OS to undo my changes.
>
> Any ideas?
> Regards
> Daniel
>
The files /var/spool/cron/allow and /var/spool/cron/deny can control who
has the ability to create crontab files. Do a man crontab for further
help.
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