Cron

[Bryce C]

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Probably root.  Look at your /etc/crontab and there should be about 5
lines with run-parts.  Here's mine:

# run-parts
01 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

And you can see that run-parts is run as root.  You can make scripts run
as a different user simply by putting the command in 'su USER -c
"COMMAND" '.



On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:08, Jim wrote:
> I decided that one way to back up a database is to write a bash script to=
 run=20
> mysqldump.  I know that I can put the script in /etc/cron.weekly and have=
 it=20
> execute every week.  My question is what user will the cron job run as?
--=20
Bryce C <Plug@BryceCo.Net>
CoBryce Communications

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