[Remind-Fans] How to "Next days after 2nd Monday"

[Paul Hoffman]

On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 09:17:25AM -0400, David F. Skoll wrote:
> Zoong PHAM wrote:
> 
> > remind -n /usr/local/etc/remind/scripts.rem
> > /usr/local/etc/remind/scripts.rem(142): RUN disabled
> > in my rem file, I do have "RUN ON".
> 
> Remind disables RUN if you do not own the file, as per the man page:
> 
>    In addition, Remind contains a few other security  features.   It  will
>    not read a file that is group- or world-writable.  It will not run set-
>    uid.  If it reads a file you don't own, it will  disable  RUN  and  the
>    shell()  function.   And  if it is run as root, it will only read files
>    owned by root.

I believe you can get around this if you want:

remind -n - < /usr/local/etc/remind/scripts.rem

Of course then you're running commands that someone else may have
modified...

Paul.

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Paul Hoffman <nkuitse at nkuitse.com>