Re: bin/58408: cron ignores parameter "-n" in crontab

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/58408; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/58408: cron ignores parameter "-n" in crontab
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:44:42 +0700

 I said:
 
     When it later discovers that the mail isn't wanted after all, it needs
     to do something to avoid it being sent.
 
 That might easily be the problem, if we're talking about a regular
 user crontab, rather than a root one - the mailer is probably setuid,
 and the kill attempt might simply be being rejected.
 
 kre