From 936ed50a8ab86c393a447fb357c4c236a11cf943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thibault Godouet Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 20:27:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added a warning about --with-non-privileged --- doc/en/faq.sgml | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/en/faq.sgml b/doc/en/faq.sgml index a1bf4c7..f947829 100644 --- a/doc/en/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/en/faq.sgml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Foundation. A copy of the license is included in gfdl.sgml. --> - + Frequently Asked Questions @@ -205,11 +205,12 @@ linkend="fcrontab.5">&fcrontab;(5) - Can I run fcron without root privileges ? + Can I run fcron without root's privileges ? - Yes, you can. To do that, see the following instructions, but -please note that fcrondyn currently does *not* work without root privileges. + Yes, you can. To do that, see the +following instructions, but please note that fcrondyn currently does *not* work +without root privileges. First, create a directory where you'll install fcron, @@ -223,6 +224,13 @@ please note that fcrondyn currently does *not* work without root privileges.Then, run configure with option , set all user names and groups to yours, and set appropriately the paths : + + This option allows a non privileged user to run + fcron. When used, fcron does not change its rights before running a job + (i.e., if joe runs fcron, every job will run as joe). It means that + YOU SHOULD NOT RUN FCRON AS A PRIVILEGED USER WHEN COMPILED + WITH THIS OPTION or you'll have a serious security + hole. bash$ ./configure --with-run-non-privileged --with-rootname=thib --with-rootgroup=thib --with-username=thib --with-groupname=thib -- 2.47.3