Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:35:33 -0400 From: Bill Tangren <bjt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: cron.allow and cron.deny To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <45059055.2050906@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I am required to limit access to the cron daemon using these two files. My question is, which system accounts need access to cron, other than root? Thanks! Bill Tangren >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just to follow up since the replies were all over the map: 1) root is the only system account that needs cron permissions. 2) All user accounts have crontab privileges unless one of the 2 files mentioned above exist. I prefer the cron.allow approach which implements a deny all unless you are listed in this file. The man page on crontab(1) describes how to use these files. Patti Clark Unix System Administrator - RHCT Office of Scientific and Technical Information -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
