Re: using /etc/cron.d

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 12:10 PM, matthew sporleder
<msporleder%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> I was attempting to put a cron file in /etc/cron.d today and could not
> figure out how to not get this message:
> (*system*) BAD FILE MODE (/etc/cron.d/github-pull)
>
>
> That appears to be coming from
> if ((eqmode && (statbuf->st_mode & 07577) != eqmode) ||
> (badmode && (statbuf->st_mode & badmode) != 0))
>
> Isn't 07577 too many digits?
>
> ---
>
> Also I was having trouble getting crond to pick up my changes unless I
> did a touch of the /etc/cron.d directory (not just the file I was
> editing);
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt

Okay it looks like modes 400 and 600 work