On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 01:39:00AM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 08/24/2016 10:21 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> Root runs a nightly cronjob of "/usr/bin/calendar -a"
> to look at each users calendar file and send notices
> of upcoming events. The new version loops endlessly
> through all the users.
>
> If I run calendar as myself without the -a option
> it doesn't loop. Run it as "sudo calendar -a" and
> I have to kill it quickly or the mail system will
> clog again.
Take it out of root's crontab and put it in your own.
That way, you won't have to worry about the bug.
And check that each user knows how to set-up their
own crontab, is allowed, and does if they want
the service.
jl
--
Jon H. LaBadie jonfu(a)jgcomp.com