[9fans] updating cron through email

[9fans] updating cron through email

[Fernan Bolando]

Hi

I am using my 9grid account to send me reminders of special dates.
I am currently in the process of writing a pipeto script so that I can
update cron
through email.

I was wondering if this will open up mordor on possible security threat?
I was thinking of using a simple pipeto then sed, but paranoia made thinking of
adding blowfish encryption.

anybody have a thought on this?

,Fernan



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Re: [9fans] updating cron through email

[Steve Simon]

> I am currently in the process of writing a pipeto script so that I can
> update cron through email.

Not sure it can be this simple, pipeto runs as none - this was intentional,
to prevent runaway scripts destroying your account. A two phase system
using pipeto to dump the script somwhere and then cron to dispatch it is
plausable, but that starts getting messy; Couldn't you just do

	cpu -u yourname -h mordor.tip9ug.jp -c 
		'echo 19 Aug dentist :-( >> $home/lib/calendar'

-Steve