Cron / Configd - What user?

[neillans]

What user do the scheduled jobs, for example those created as in https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=11798.msg53551, run under?

[franco]

configctl is called via cron user nobody and then configd performs these operations as root.


Cheers,
Franco

[neillans]

Thanks Franco!

So, just to be doubly sure, the underlying script that is being called will run with root privileges?

[franco]

Yes, it has to in order to be able to configure the system. configd was built for privilege separation.


Cheers,
Franco