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FALSE ALARM: Re: Another buggy root cron job


From: steve () EDMWEB COM (Steve Reid)
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 01:34:22 -0800


My face is very red.

From /etc/weekly:
echo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb | nice -5 su -m nobody 2>&1 |\
        fgrep -v 'Permission denied'

It's run as nobody.



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