On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 13:46 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > Tim wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 15:45 -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote: > >> After all that, if it works, please never use su the way you described > >> above. At the very least use su - -c etc... > > > > Having seen that in another topic, made me wonder about something I'm > > doing. My /etc/rc.local file has a string of lines in it like the > > following: su tim -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 900" > > > > Should I be doing it like this, instead: > > su - tim -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 900" > > Or even: > > /sbin/runuser tim -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 900" > I am a little confused about runuser. Anyone can run it and the man page says it does not ask for a passwd. That seems like a security hole. -- ======================================================================= I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse. -- Groucho Marx ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
