On 6 Jan 1998, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Schwarz) wrote on 06.01.98 in <[EMAIL
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> > (b) We set up a certain directory (say /usr/lib/cronjobs) where each
> > package can install its own crontab file (/usr/lib/cronjobs/foo).
>
> Use /etc/cron.often (or similar name). It will contain crontabs, not
> executable scripts. All of them will be conffiles, so the sysadmin can
> change them without fear of updates.
I like this option, too.
> Disadvantage: needs a patch for cron, to scan this directory as well as
> the usual user crontab directory, and to execute those cronjobs as root,
> not as a user.
It's a small "disadvantage", after all.
> Policy would be to only use this for cron jobs that absolutely cannot be
> handled by any of the other /etc/cron.period directories.
Yes, that's very important to point out: Anacron will only run scripts in
the /etc/cron.period directories. Therefore, only jobs which can safely be
ignored if the system is powered down can be placed into /etc/cron.often.
(What about "/etc/cron.generic" ?)
Other opinions?
Thanks,
Chris
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