[lug] Why cron.allow and cron.deny?

[Quentin Hartman]

It's a possible abuse/attack/oops vector. If someone sets up a expensive
process to happen every minute, they could effectively DOS your server.

It's generally a concern only public-access, or quasi-public access systems
though.

QH


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Rob Nagler <nagler at bivio.biz> wrote:

> Why would one want to prevent an ordinary user from using cron (or at)?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
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