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Re: cron / crontab different permissions


On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:10:54AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
>Chris,
>
>On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:31:58AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:03:09AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
>> >What are Dan and I missing?
>> 
>> Standard answer #1: Inspection of the cron source, maybe?
>
>I agree that the above is one way -- the definitive way.
>
>However, I assumed that someone else (possibly many) have gotten cron to
>work on their system.  I also assumed that some of those would be kind
>enough to share their knowledge -- I have done so on many occasions in
>the past.
>
>Unfortunately, if the above assumptions are invalid, then I will resort
>to your suggestion.

Another way to look at this is that you are a knowledgeable guy.

You are having problems.

If you are having problems doing things in what should be a simple prescribed
way then there is probably something wrong that needs fixing.

However, please don't take this as a criticism.  I know that you are busy
and you are a MAJOR contributor to the project.

It is just perplexing to see so many other people treat issues like this
as if it was a closed-source Microsoft-like project where the only venue
for getting questions answered is via "technical support" rather than
"technical discovery".

cgf

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