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

[Lee Woodworth]

On 01/13/2014 09:16 AM, Rob Nagler wrote:
> I still don't get it.  What's the difference between cron and this?
>
> while true; do
>      sleep 60
>      do_something
> done
>
> Or, for the more abusive:
>
> while true do
>      sleep 60
>      ssh some-target.com do_something
> done
>

A small difference: user scripts don't involve a privileged process
and it's possible security holes.

> Rob
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