> > The permissions of /root are wrong. They need to be 755.
>
> Ok, but that is silly.
>
> > Here's the scoop: Cron starts out in /root, then su's to another userid.
> > Now, as that userid it is in a directory for which it has no permissions,
> > hence the errors. You should be able to see the problem first hand if...
>
> Can't we have all cron jobs do a 'cd /' ? Liek cron can do it by
> default...
>
> I like to be able to hide my /root/ directory form the users...
I suppose you could modify the scripts, but I think cron does the su
before it starts the scripts. I think it would be easier to make a
/root/private directory in which to hide things from the users. I've just
gotten used to keeping important things in a directory under my login, and
about the only thing under /root are .rpm files of packages I've
installed.
Bruce Tong
Systems Programmer
Electronic Vision / FITNE
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http://www.ev.net/fitne
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