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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@planete.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] cron
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From: William Staniewicz <wstan@localhostnl.demon.nl>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 8:16 AM
Subject: [9fans] cron


> Can cron be run on a standalone system? The manual
> says it can only run on an authentication server.

not that i'm an expert, but it makes sense.  given
the authentication method plan 9 has, cron is a bit
tricky.  running it on the auth server is then
understandable.

you auth yourself by proving who you are, whereas
on unix you had a uid, root, setuid and all that
dangerous stuff.