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Subject: Re: enhanced cron.c, anyone? - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 18:38:59 EDT
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ima!johnl    Jul 22 12:05:00 1983

(The question is asked how to run programs from "cron" under uids other
than the root.)

On USG Unix at least, you can put in entries like

1 2 3 4 5 su joeuser command args

since the "su" command doesn't need a password if you're already the root.
This seems easier than trying to build the feature into cron.

John Levine, ima!johnl