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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:30:24 -0400
From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <pierre DOT humblet AT ieee DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: cron + network share(w/ full access?)
Message-ID: <20030411173024.GA165765@Worldnet>
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 12:21:33PM -0700, Tim Gunter wrote:
> > Right. Looks like 18 is hardwired in cron.
> > So after you create that user and update the /etc/passwd file you would need to edit 
> > /etc/password and change the uid of the user to 18. With a little bit of luck
> > the setuid(18) will be a noop. 
> > Try keeping the SYSTEM uid to 18, too, for now. It's probably hardwired too. 
> > My head is spinning and I don't have the time to sort through all the implications.
> 
> ok, changing the uid to 18 in the passwd file did it.
>
Out of curiosity, which 18 comes first in /etc/passwd?
System or the new user?

Pierre

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