Subject: cron (was Re: BSD auth for NetBSD)
To: None <tech-userlevel@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/13/2003 19:22:20
> -r-sr-xr-x 4 root wheel 23284 Sep 6 21:30 /usr/bin/at
> -r-sr-xr-x 4 root wheel 23284 Sep 6 21:30 /usr/bin/atq
> -r-sr-xr-x 4 root wheel 23284 Sep 6 21:30 /usr/bin/atrm
> -r-sr-xr-x 4 root wheel 23284 Sep 6 21:30 /usr/bin/batch
> -r-sr-xr-x 1 root wheel 24048 Sep 6 21:30 /usr/bin/crontab
These are easy fixes (and not related to any authentication as far as I
know).
Has there been any discussion on getting rid of setuid root and just using
setgid of cron-specific group? (And making the cron tabs directory
writable by that group.)
Jeremy C. Reed
http://bsd.reedmedia.net/