Re: how to schedule a task that needs root privilege
From: Peter Jensen (usenet_at_pekajemaps.homeip.net)
Date: 02/07/05
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Date: 07 Feb 2005 19:38:36 GMT
pfy wrote:
> sudo would be bad because it would most likley leave your password
> visible to lower privildge accounts.
No. Why would you even think that something insane like that would
happen?
> Just use cron :)
Using root's crontab would be the easiest.
-- PeKaJe I can just imagine a cluster of Windows machines. They'd have to have a team of MCSE's equipped with roller skates, just to keep pressing reset buttons ...
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