Ron Johnson: > On 03/22/07 08:18, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> Ron Johnson: >>> On 03/22/07 08:03, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >>> >>>> To make it start up as user, edit your crontab (use `crontab -e`) and >>>> put '@startup fetchmail' (no quotes in either case). Then, whenever >>>> your machine starts up, it should start fetchmail for you. >>> >>> Shouldn't it also put a symlink in /etc/rc3.d ? >> >> No. Things in crontabs are started by cron (d'ouh!). And cron itself is >> already started by an init script. > > I think you're wrong. My system does fetchmail startup using runlevels.
Yes, mine does that, too. But: if every user needing fetchmail has a .fetchmailrc and the crontab entry mentioned above (minus the typo), you do not need the system-wide daemon. That's the situation I was referring to (and which I quoted). If your /etc/fetchmailrc is empty anyway, you can edit /etc/default/fetchmail to disable the system-wide fetchmail daemon altogether. This solution has the advantage, that every user can manage his/her own POP accounts (without the admin knowing their passwords), but the disadvantage is that you have a fetchmail process for every user. J. -- We are lining up to see you fall flat on your face. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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