RE: running things as root (was: majordomo archiving)

["Fisayo Adeleke" <fisayo at steineng.com>]

::-----Original Message-----
::From: Geert Jan de Groot [mailto:GeertJan.deGroot at xs4all.nl] 
::Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 11:47 PM
::To: Fisayo Adeleke
::Cc: afnog at afnog.org
::Subject: Re: running things as root (was: majordomo archiving)
::
::
::On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:41:43 +0100  "Fisayo Adeleke" wrote:
::> I have a majordomo list that I use Mhornac to do the archiving.
::> However, I have setup this line in my /etc/crontab to have the 
::> archive updated 10mins to top on every hour 
::...
::> 50 * * * * root /usr/majordomo/webarchive
::
::Even though you already fixed your problem, you should have a 
::closer look as why the script runs as *root*. I don't think 
::there is any compelling reason why your script needs root 
::privilege, and there's
::*lots* of reasons *not* to run it as root.
::
::You may want to set up a specific user that just has access 
::to the files it needs to have.
::

Hi Geert,

Thanks for the advice! I have fixed that now, no more running as root!

	-Fisayo




::You're running a proper operating system with a proper 
::security model; you should have compelling reasons before you 
::circumvent it, and copying/indexing is probably not strong 
::enough a reason.
::
::Geert Jan
::
::

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