http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2637
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-14 11:27 -------
Sorry, but read this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root>/usr/bin/crontab -u mail -r
You (mail) are not allowed to use this program (/usr/bin/crontab)
See crontab(1) for more information
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root>id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root>rpm -qf /usr/bin/crontab
vixie-cron-3.0.1-55mdk
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root>cat /etc/cron.allow
root
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root>cat /etc/cron.deny
cat: /etc/cron.deny: No such file or directory
/var/log/messages said:
Mar 14 11:13:45 test crontab[26491]: (root) AUTH (crontab command not allowed)
Do you use vixie-cron-3.0.1-55mdk??
In the source of vixie-cron file crontab.c line 108:
if (!allowed(User)) {
fprintf(stderr,
User is mail here, and in misc.c line 429:
static int init = FALSE;
static FILE *allow, *deny;
if (!init) {
init = TRUE;
#if defined(ALLOW_FILE) && defined(DENY_FILE)
allow = fopen(ALLOW_FILE, "r");
deny = fopen(DENY_FILE, "r");
Debug(DMISC, ("allow/deny enabled, %d/%d\n", !!allow, !!deny))
#else
allow = NULL;
deny = NULL;
#endif
}
if (allow)
return (in_file(username, allow));
So, allow !=NULL and mail isn't in the file -> return FALSE
Seems to me as crontab bug
jh
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Reason is the line
crontab -u mail -r
in the postuninstall scriptlet, and the user mail is'nt in
/etc/cron.allow. This results in:
You (mail) are not allowed to use this program (crontab)
See crontab(1) for more information
This may be a cron bug.
jh
