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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!news.clark.edu!sun.lclark.edu!news.reed.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!fastrac.llnl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] need `root' in allow? Date: 8 Dec 1994 22:18:15 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3c80n7$ioh@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <JUN.94Dec8094056@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <JUN.94Dec8094056@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp>, Junichi Kurokawa <jun@fox.fax.iwa.fujixerox.co.jp> wrote: >Experts, > >Do you really need `root' in /var/cron/allow? Not really. I don't have root in mine. The new cron used in 1.1.5 and 2.0 gets it's root crontab from /etc/crontab. And, I believe if you don't have an allow file all users can use. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-5980 | Unemployed, looking for permanant work in home #: (406) 586-0579 | CS/EE field.