SCO UNIX 3.2.2 Can't set login uid from cron

[Eamonn McManus]

sl at van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) writes:
>In article <1991Apr02.123535.11230 at pfm.rmt.sub.org> bernd at pfm.rmt.sub.org (Bernd Hennig) writes:
>>I have a great problem with the SCO UNIX 3.2.2 and cron. The following
>>is a job in /usr/spool/cron/crontabs/news:
>>15,30,40,00 * * * * /bin/su news -c "/usr/lib/news/bin/input/newsrun"
>Just use:
>  15,30,40,00 * * * * "/usr/lib/news/bin/input/newsrun"
>And make sure that it is in the crontab for "news". I.e.:

As an alternative, install our SCO su replacement, which sets the luid to
the same as the uid you are su-ing to (by doing some naughty things with
/dev/kmem).

,
Eamonn