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/etc/crontab file permissions or ownership can cause problem
This is a discussion on /etc/crontab file permissions or ownership can cause problem within the Linux software forums, part of the Linux Getting Started category; Ok my question is can wrong permissions or ownership on /etc/crontab cause problem? Here is what doc says: There are ...
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12-19-2006, 08:06 AM
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/etc/crontab file permissions or ownership can cause problem
Ok my question is can wrong permissions or ownership on /etc/crontab cause problem?
Here is what doc says: There are some requirements for /etc/crontab file. Wong file permission can result into weird results or problems. Requirements of /etc/crontab file permission and ownership: * File must be owned by root * File must not be executable * File must not be writable by any user other than root If file permission is not correct, use commad Code:
chown 0:0 /etc/crontab chmod 0644 /etc/crontab ll /etc/crontab Code:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 651 2006-07-29 02:14 /etc/crontab  Code:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 rakhi rakhi 651 Dec 19 07:54 crontab
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12-19-2006, 03:08 PM
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wrong permissions on this file shall lead to a non-root user from adding a command to run in the file, and then it shall be running with the root permissions which is everything. THIS is really not a good thing to do. Every user must not be able to add his commands to the file /etc/crontab but to his own crontab file which he does that by:
Code:
crantab -e username
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12-20-2006, 02:57 AM
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As pointed out by bin@ry it is a security risk any one can delete or remove your file even if you are using laptop just fix the problem
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