# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-21 22:11:55 +0000:
> I want to run a cron job as a user on my system. Once the job has
> completed I need root privileges to power the system down. I don't
> mind if the script has to run as a root cron job, but running the
> processing as a user will prevent against filling a partition.
1)
joe's crontab:
# do the grunt work
touch /var/run/shutdown
root's crontab:
[ -f /var/run/shutdown ] && \
rm -f /var/run/shutdown && \
/sbin/shutdown -h now
2)
joe's crontab:
# do the grunt work
/usr/local/bin/sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now
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