Vixie-Cron
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Download Source: | ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/cron_4.1.shar |
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Introduction to Vixie-Cron
Vixie-cron is Paul Vixie's implementation of cron.
Project Homepage: http://www.isc.org/index.pl
Creating the vxicron User & Group
groupadd -g 24 vxicron && useradd -c "Vixie cron User" -d /dev/null -u 24 -g vxicron -s /bin/false vxicron
Configuration Information
See files config.h and pathnames.h to configure Vixie cron for your environment.
Non-Multilib
Compile the package:
sed -i 's@/usr/ucb/vi@/usr/bin/vim@' pathnames.h && echo '#define CRON_GROUP "vxicron"' >> config.h && make
Install the package:
make install
Multilib
This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is required.
32Bit
Compile the package:
sed -i 's@/usr/ucb/vi@/usr/bin/vim@' pathnames.h && echo '#define CRON_GROUP "vxicron"' >> config.h && sed -i 's/-Wno-comment/-Wno-comment ${BUILD32}/' Makefile && make
Install the package:
make install
N32
Compile the package:
sed -i 's@/usr/ucb/vi@/usr/bin/vim@' pathnames.h && echo '#define CRON_GROUP "vxicron"' >> config.h && sed -i 's/-Wno-comment/-Wno-comment ${BUILDN32}/' Makefile && make
Install the package:
make install
64Bit
Compile the package:
sed -i 's@/usr/ucb/vi@/usr/bin/vim@' pathnames.h && echo '#define CRON_GROUP "vxicron"' >> config.h && sed -i 's/-Wno-comment/-Wno-comment ${BUILD64}/' Makefile && make
Install the package:
make install
Configuring
The files /etc/cron.allow and /etc/cron.deny determine which users are authorized to use cron.
Install the bootscript for cron.
make install-fcron && sed -i 's/fcron/cron/g' /etc/rc.d/init.d/fcron
Contents
Installed Directories: | None |
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Installed Programs: | cron, crontab |
Installed Libraries: | None |
Short Descriptions
cron | |
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crontab |