crond stdin is /dev/console?

Michael ODonnell michael.odonnell at comcast.net
Tue Jun 15 13:25:01 EDT 2004


I notice on several of our RHAT9 boxes that crond holds
/dev/console open as its stdin - can this be as intended?

My Debian box has all of crond's descriptors set to /dev/null,
and it seems like allowing crond to hold /dev/console open
might present the opportunity for it to compete for input
against processes that have /dev/console open legitimately...
 



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