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From: MikeO'Dell@BRL-VGR.ARPA,mo@lbl-csam
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: running stuff with uid != 0 in cron
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Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 18:44:50 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 22 18:44:50 1983
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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