Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!MikeO'Dell@BRL-VGR.ARPA,mo@lbl-csam From: MikeO'Dell@BRL-VGR.ARPA,mo@lbl-csam Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: running stuff with uid != 0 in cron Message-ID: <3363@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 18:44:50 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3363 Posted: Fri Jul 22 18:44:50 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 24-Jul-83 02:46:57 EDT Lines: 12 Instead of hacking cron, how about 5,20,35,50 * * * * ( echo /usr/lib/uucp/lblpoll | su uucpd ) or 0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * ( su uucpd < /usr/lib/uucp/cleanup) This is from a production crontab, and you don't even need to fire up the C compiler. -Mike