1$FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/cron/doc/CONVERSION 50479 1999-08-28 01:35:59Z peter $
| 1$FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/cron/doc/CONVERSION 72091 2001-02-06 11:21:58Z asmodai $
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2
3Conversion of BSD 4.[23] crontab files:
4
5Edit your current crontab (/usr/lib/crontab) into little pieces, with each
6users' commands in a different file. This is different on 4.2 and 4.3,
7but I'll get to that below. The biggest feature of this cron is that you
8can move 'news' and 'uucp' cron commands into files owned and maintainable
9by those two users. You also get to rip all the fancy 'su' footwork out
10of the cron commands. On 4.3, there's no need for the 'su' stuff since the
11user name appears on each command -- but I'd still rather have separate
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3Conversion of BSD 4.[23] crontab files:
4
5Edit your current crontab (/usr/lib/crontab) into little pieces, with each
6users' commands in a different file. This is different on 4.2 and 4.3,
7but I'll get to that below. The biggest feature of this cron is that you
8can move 'news' and 'uucp' cron commands into files owned and maintainable
9by those two users. You also get to rip all the fancy 'su' footwork out
10of the cron commands. On 4.3, there's no need for the 'su' stuff since the
11user name appears on each command -- but I'd still rather have separate
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12crontabs with seperate environments and so on.
| 12crontabs with separate environments and so on.
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14Leave the original /usr/lib/crontab! This cron doesn't use it, so you may
15as well keep it around for a while in case something goes wakko with this
16fancy version.
17
18Most commands in most crontabs are run by root, have to run by root, and
19should continue to be run by root. They still have to be in their own file;
20I recommend /etc/crontab.src or /usr/adm/crontab.src.
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14Leave the original /usr/lib/crontab! This cron doesn't use it, so you may
15as well keep it around for a while in case something goes wakko with this
16fancy version.
17
18Most commands in most crontabs are run by root, have to run by root, and
19should continue to be run by root. They still have to be in their own file;
20I recommend /etc/crontab.src or /usr/adm/crontab.src.
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