Re: vixie cron possible local root compromise

[Mark van Reijn <mark () EDUP TUDELFT NL>]

Hmm, doesn't do anything weird/wrong on my RH6.2 server:

[aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc@obelix mark]$ crontab -e
no crontab for aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaab - using an empty one
crontab: installing new crontab
[aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc@obelix mark]$ crontab
crontab: usage error: file name must be specified for replace
usage:  crontab [-u user] file
        crontab [-u user] { -e | -l | -r }
                (default operation is replace, per 1003.2)
        -e      (edit user's crontab)
        -l      (list user's crontab)
        -r      (delete user's crontab)
[aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc@obelix mark]$

It runs vixie-cron-3.0.1-40...

Mark
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