cron + network share(w/ full access?)

Tim Gunter tgun@bioscrypt.com
Fri Apr 11 20:09:00 GMT 2003


> 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.

thanks a lot!

thanks to all the Cygwin developers, it's a fantastic tool!

--tim

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