Is there any reason you can't specify the user instead of root in the cron file? Randall Wood Alexandria Software randall.h.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://alexandriasoftware.com > On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:27, François Kooman <fkooman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to package a cron file after reading [1], but I am wondering > what the best approach is to run a cronjob not as root while still using > the /etc/cron.daily folder. > > Using /etc/cron.d would be an option, as that allows to run jobs as > different user, but maybe this is not the nicest... > > I could use "sudo" in the shell script, but this feels ugly as well. Any > thoughts? > > Cheers, > François > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:CronFiles > _______________________________________________ > packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
