Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:44:17 +0200 From: Thomas Seck <tmseck-lists@netcologne.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No root crontab in 4.6-RELEASE? Message-ID: <20020709204417.GA778@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> In-Reply-To: <200207091651.g69Gp3Lg052679@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20020708152752.X84324-100000@zoot.corp.yahoo.com> <3D2AE910.BF80794A@mitre.org> <20020709161746.GA444@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> <200207091651.g69Gp3Lg052679@apollo.backplane.com>
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* Matthew Dillon (dillon@apollo.backplane.com): > :* Jason Andresen (jandrese@mitre.org): > : > :[/etc/crontab vs. crontab -u root] > : > :> ??? More visible? New people to the system can never find that file. > :> Heck, I'm always forgetting where it is. It wouldn't be so bad if > :> it just weren't so inconsistent. > : > :See cron(8), second paragraph. > /etc/crontab should probably not be touched, nor should /etc/periodic, > or upgrading the system will be nightmware. Did I state any claims on how I use roots crontab? Yes, I confess: I do maintain modified versions of /etc/crontab, simply because I can put them easily under version control. The same applies for almost every configuration file in /etc. I do this since 4.0 and found mergemaster a pretty fine tool for dealing with /etc/ during updates. But this is completely irrelevant here. The author of the message I replied to claimed that the existence of /etc/crontab was a secret unveiled only to true wizards of OS. This is wrong. See cron(8), second paragraph: "[...] Cron also searches /etc/crontab...". The original poster obviously did not bother to read this document. Failing to read documentation and posting false claims on a public mailing list is a behaviour that drives me up the wall. > If you want to use the > periodic mechanisms you can create your own periodic directory > hierarchy ala /usr/local/etc/periodic, and if you just want to mess > with your own root crontab you should use 'crontab -e' as root. If > you want to override the system default /etc/periodic you can create > your own /etc/periodic.conf (else the system uses the default > /etc/defaults/periodic.conf). Matthew, please do not try to over interpret my message. I am in fact a great fan of the periodic(8) framework and use it for local maintenance scripts. But this thread is not about periodic(8). > It's simple. See man periodic.conf. I know how to read man pages, thank you. -- Thomas Seck This message was sent to a mailinglist I am subscribed to. Please send your replies to the list - and do *not* CC me. Thank you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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