Re: [cobalt-security] [RaQ3i] crontabs

["Stephen Rice" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 13 February 2001 21:26
Subject: [cobalt-security] [RaQ3i] crontabs


>I have a crontab installed on my server which reboots the httpd-server
>every two hours.  I did not install this crontab (as root, long story..)
>and I am wondering what the best method for removing it is.

I don't believe this is anything at all to do with "cobalt-security", the
subject of this list. We signed up to this list after a number of Raqs at
out CoLo were attacked, in the hope that it would provide timely and
reasonably accurate information from Sun about possible vulnerabilities in
our systems, rather than repeated off-topic discussions and questions that
could easily be solved by reading the manual. Is there a more
focussed/moderated list available, as I'm starting to ignore the mails when
they come in, and that's defeating the object of finding out about problems
quickly!?

Incidentally, try typing "crontab -r" to remove the generated crontab you no
longer want. I found this by typing "crontab" on its own. "man crontab" is
also surprisingly useful. Try it sometime.

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)

Cheers
Stephen