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I need to remove empty files out of a directory that are over 6 hours old so I created this script and put it in cron.hourly. #!/bin/sh cd /var/list sudo -u matt find /var/list -mmin +360 -empty -user matt -exec rm {} \; I want to run it as matt rather than root for just an added bit of safety. Problem is I get this. "sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo" Is there another

...s I understand the reason for this > is requiretty in sudo config. If that improves security I would > rather not change that setting. Did you try to use su instead? E.g., in my /etc/rc.local I have a bunch of stuff run on behalf of users other than root. Like: /bin/su lmgrd -c 'export IDL_DIR=/usr/local/opt/flexlm/idl;/usr/local/opt/flexlm/idl/bin/lmgrd -c /usr/local/opt/flexlm/licenses/license.dat -l /var/log/flexlm/idl.log > /dev/null 2>&1' Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Ka...