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Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:31:58 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: cron / crontab different permissions
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:03:09AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 06:49:31PM +0100, Dan Gardner wrote:
>> When ever I use crontab to change a users crontab, it alters the
>> /var/cron/tabs<username> file.
>> But it does not set the correct permissions on the file so when cron tries;
>> it fails logging the following error:
>> 
>> CAN'T OPEN (tabs/<username>)
>> 
>> Why is this?
>
>Following the instructions in:
>
>    /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README
>
>I'm running into the same problem.
>
>After running crontab -e, I have the following:
>
>    $ find /var/cron -ls
>    727000    0 drwxrwxrwt   3 jt       None            0 Sep 19 09:17 /var/cron
>    989696    0 drwxrwxrwt   2 jt       None            0 Sep 19 09:18 /var/cron/tabs
>    7935873    1 -rw-------   1 jt       None          282 Sep 19 09:18 /var/cron/tabs/jt
>
>Since cron is running under the SYSTEM account, it is clear why it cannot
>read my crontab.
>
>My temporary workaround is the following:
>
>    $ chmod +r /var/cron/tabs/jt
>
>which must be re-executed after every crontab -e.
>
>What are Dan and I missing?

Standard answer #1: Inspection of the cron source, maybe?

cgf

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