> > hey all, > > Recently, I set up a local news server and want to fetch news by using > vixie cron. For security, I want to drop root to news ( only news and > root can run fetchnews). So I add one line in crontab by using > "crontab -e": > > */5 * * * * news fetchnews > > > Actually, I just follow the examples from previous lines, which are > > > 0 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly > 1 3 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily > 15 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly > 30 5 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly > */10 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && > /usr/sbin/run-crons > > But, vixie seem cannot tell the user name from command, every time it > will send me an system email says that root/news command not find. > > Can anybody tell me why it is so? Does vixie support to specify the > user who run the command. Thank you.
Whith "crontab -e" as root user, you edit the crontab for the root user, where all entries are run as root and you can't set another name. Use "crontab -e -u news" instead. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
