Root's cronjobs will run as root. I'm uncertain what webspace authentication has to do with the problem.

I'd be more comfortable if I knew what sort of rule mangling you propose. Most firewall setups rely on restrictive defaults, prepending rules to permit what is permitted. When done dynamically, it is usually part of the 'up' and 'down' -interface (or daemon) scripting. That is commonly done with /bin/sh so that only the root partition is needed to configure. That is a repairability issue.

Node posted through lynx, watch me pound two rocks together!

After Compline,
Zaxo

In reply to Re: iptables rules, cron, web auth by Zaxo
in thread iptables rules, cron, web auth by satanklawz

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