On 07-Apr-05, 06:40 (CDT), Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 19:45:15 +0000, Gerrit Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >This is bcron, a new cron system designed with secure operations in mind. > >To do this, the system is divided into several separate programs, each > >responsible for a separate task, with strictly controlled communications > >between them. The user interface is a drop-in replacement for similar > >systems (such as vixie-cron), but the internals differ greatly. > > Is it a drop-in replacement for Debian's cron as well, which is quite > a bit patched compared to plain vixie cron?
Looking at the site, it appears to have the required functionality (/etc/cron.d, etc.). One line item that is not yet supported is @reboot, @daily, etc. The other thing that Gerrit needs to look at is the file naming conventions (both Debian and LSB) that apply in /etc/cron.d. Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world. -- seen on the net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]