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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[52d29f7] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[d409f3a] | 7 | <!ENTITY fcron-download-http "http://fcron.free.fr/archives/fcron-&fcron-version;.src.tar.gz">
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[52d29f7] | 8 | <!ENTITY fcron-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/fcron/fcron-&fcron-version;.src.tar.gz">
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[a663951] | 9 | <!ENTITY fcron-md5sum "f408960f4c08ad377e61531ca48669bb">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY fcron-size "397 KB">
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[d409f3a] | 11 | <!ENTITY fcron-buildsize "3.4 MB">
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[52d29f7] | 12 | <!ENTITY fcron-time "0.10 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[5c5cdbc] | 15 | <sect1 id="fcron" xreflabel="Fcron-&fcron-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 16 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 19 | </sect1info>
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[7f72cbf] | 20 | <?dbhtml filename="fcron.html"?>
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[1586494] | 21 | <title><application>Fcron</application>-&fcron-version;</title>
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[ae7f265] | 22 | <indexterm zone="fcron">
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[a819181] | 23 | <primary sortas="a-Fcron">Fcron</primary></indexterm>
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[f45b1953] | 24 |
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[52d29f7] | 25 | <sect2>
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to <application>Fcron</application></title>
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[1586494] | 27 |
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[52d29f7] | 28 | <para>The <application>Fcron</application> package contains a periodical
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| 29 | command scheduler which aims at replacing <application>Vixie
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| 30 | Cron</application>.</para>
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[1586494] | 31 |
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[52d29f7] | 32 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 33 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[1586494] | 34 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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| 35 | <ulink url="&fcron-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 36 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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| 37 | <ulink url="&fcron-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[a31d341d] | 38 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &fcron-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[52d29f7] | 39 | <listitem><para>Download size: &fcron-size;</para></listitem>
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[1586494] | 40 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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| 41 | &fcron-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 43 | &fcron-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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[52d29f7] | 44 | </sect3>
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[1586494] | 45 |
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[52d29f7] | 46 | <sect3><title><application>Fcron</application> dependencies</title>
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| 47 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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[1586494] | 48 | <para><ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink>,
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[52d29f7] | 49 | <xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>,
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| 50 | <ulink url="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">SELinux</ulink>,
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[d9384404] | 51 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/> and
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[d409f3a] | 52 | <ulink url="../postlfs/editors.html">a text editor</ulink> (default is
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[28badf4] | 53 | <xref linkend="vim"/>)</para>
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[1586494] | 54 | </sect4>
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[52d29f7] | 55 | </sect3>
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[1586494] | 56 |
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[52d29f7] | 57 | </sect2>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <sect2>
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| 60 | <title>Installation of <application>Fcron</application></title>
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[1586494] | 61 |
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[ae7f265] | 62 | <para id="fcron-syslog"><application>Fcron</application> uses the cron facility
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| 63 | of <command>syslog</command> to log all messages. Since <acronym>LFS</acronym>
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[1586494] | 64 | does not set up this facility in <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>, it
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| 65 | needs to be done prior to installing <application>Fcron</application>. This
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| 66 | command will append the necessary line to the current
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| 67 | <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>:</para>
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[ae7f265] | 68 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcron-syslog">
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| 69 | <primary sortas="e-etc-syslog.conf">/etc/syslog.conf</primary></indexterm>
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[1586494] | 70 |
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[52d29f7] | 71 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"
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| 72 | # Begin fcron addition to /etc/syslog.conf
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[1586494] | 73 |
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[52d29f7] | 74 | cron.* -/var/log/cron.log
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[1586494] | 75 |
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[52d29f7] | 76 | # End fcron addition
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| 77 | EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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[1586494] | 78 |
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[52d29f7] | 79 | <para>The configuration file has been modified, so reloading the
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| 80 | <command>sysklogd</command> daemon will activate the changes.</para>
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[1586494] | 81 |
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[52d29f7] | 82 | <screen><userinput><command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd reload</command></userinput></screen>
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[1586494] | 83 |
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| 84 | <para>For security reasons, an unprivileged user and group for
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| 85 | <application>Fcron</application> should be created:</para>
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| 86 |
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[52d29f7] | 87 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd fcron &&
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[1586494] | 88 | useradd -d /dev/null -c "Fcron User" -g fcron -s /bin/false fcron</command></userinput></screen>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>Install <application>Fcron</application> by running the following
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| 91 | commands:</para>
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[52d29f7] | 92 |
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| 93 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --without-sendmail --with-answer-all=no &&
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[ae7f265] | 94 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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| 95 |
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[a663951] | 96 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 97 |
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[ae7f265] | 98 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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[1586494] | 101 |
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[52d29f7] | 102 | </sect2>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <sect2>
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| 105 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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[1586494] | 106 |
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[ae7f265] | 107 | <para><parameter>--without-sendmail</parameter>:
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| 108 | <application>Fcron</application> will use an installed <acronym>MTA</acronym>
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| 109 | to email you the results of the <command>fcron</command> script. Omit the
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| 110 | switch and use
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| 111 | <parameter>--with-sendmail=<replaceable>[/path/to/MTA]</replaceable></parameter>
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| 112 | if you wish to utilize this feature.</para>
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[1586494] | 113 |
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[52d29f7] | 114 | <para><parameter>--with-answer-all=no</parameter>: After the files are
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| 115 | installed, the <command>make install</command> script enters into a
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[1586494] | 116 | configuration routine. The first test will be whether to install a boot
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| 117 | script in the <filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d/init.d</filename>
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| 118 | directory with the appropriate symbolic links in run levels 2, 3, 4, and 5.
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[ae7f265] | 119 | The second is to stop any current <command>fcron</command> processes and start
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| 120 | a new one. Since this is probably your first install and a boot script based
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| 121 | upon the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> template is desired, answer 'n' to both
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| 122 | tests.</para>
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[1586494] | 123 |
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[52d29f7] | 124 | </sect2>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect2>
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| 127 | <title>Configuring <application>Fcron</application></title>
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[1586494] | 128 |
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[ae7f265] | 129 | <sect3 id="fcron-config"><title>Config files</title>
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[52d29f7] | 130 | <para><filename>/etc/fcron.conf</filename>,
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[1586494] | 131 | <filename>/etc/fcron.allow</filename> and
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[52d29f7] | 132 | <filename>/etc/fcron.deny</filename></para>
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[ae7f265] | 133 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcron-config">
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| 134 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fcron.conf">/etc/fcron.conf</primary></indexterm>
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| 135 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcron-config">
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| 136 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fcron.allow">/etc/fcron.allow</primary></indexterm>
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcron-config">
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| 138 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fcron.deny">/etc/fcron.deny</primary></indexterm>
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[52d29f7] | 139 | </sect3>
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[1586494] | 140 |
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[52d29f7] | 141 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 142 | <para>There are no required changes in any of the config files.
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| 143 | Configuration information can be found in the man page for
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| 144 | <filename>fcron.conf</filename>.</para>
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[1586494] | 145 |
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| 146 | <para><command>fcron</command> scripts are written using
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| 147 | <command>fcrontab</command>. Refer to the <command>fcrontab</command> man
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| 148 | page for proper parameters to address your situation.</para>
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| 149 |
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[ae7f265] | 150 | <para id="fcron-init">Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/fcron</filename>
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[1586494] | 151 | init script from the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/>
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| 152 | package.</para>
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[ae7f265] | 153 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcron-init">
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| 154 | <primary sortas="f-fcron">fcron</primary></indexterm>
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[1586494] | 155 |
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[52d29f7] | 156 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-fcron</command></userinput></screen>
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[1586494] | 157 |
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[ae7f265] | 158 | <para id="fcron-pam">If <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application>
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| 159 | is installed, two <acronym>PAM</acronym> configuration files are installed in
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| 160 | <filename class='directory'>/etc/pam.d</filename>. Alternatively if
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| 161 | <filename class='directory'>/etc/pam.d</filename> is not used, the installation
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| 162 | will append two configuration sections to the exiting
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| 163 | <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename> file. You should ensure the files match your
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| 164 | preferences. Modify them as required to suit your needs.</para>
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcron-pam">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="e-etc-pam.d">/etc/pam.d/*</primary></indexterm>
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| 167 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcron-pam">
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| 168 | <primary sortas="e-etc-pam.conf">/etc/pam.conf</primary></indexterm>
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[52d29f7] | 169 | </sect3>
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[1586494] | 170 |
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[52d29f7] | 171 | </sect2>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <sect2>
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| 174 | <title>Contents</title>
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[1586494] | 175 |
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[ae7f265] | 176 | <segmentedlist>
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| 177 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 178 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 179 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <seglistitem>
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| 182 | <seg>fcron, fcrondyn, fcronsighup and fcrontab</seg>
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| 183 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 184 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/fcron-&fcron-version; and /var/spool/fcron</seg>
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| 185 | </seglistitem>
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| 186 | </segmentedlist>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <variablelist>
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| 189 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 190 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <varlistentry id="fcron-prog">
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| 193 | <term><command>fcron</command></term>
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| 194 | <listitem><para>is the scheduling daemon.</para>
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| 195 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcron-prog">
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| 196 | <primary sortas="b-fcron">fcron</primary>
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| 197 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 198 | </varlistentry>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <varlistentry id="fcrondyn">
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| 201 | <term><command>fcrondyn</command></term>
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| 202 | <listitem><para>is a user tool intended to interact with a running
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| 203 | <command>fcron</command> daemon.</para>
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| 204 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcrondyn">
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| 205 | <primary sortas="b-fcrondyn">fcrondyn</primary>
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| 206 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <varlistentry id="fcronsighup">
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| 210 | <term><command>fcronsighup</command></term>
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| 211 | <listitem><para>instructs <command>fcron</command> to reread the
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| 212 | <application>Fcron</application> tables.</para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcronsighup">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="b-fcronsighup">fcronsighup</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 216 | </varlistentry>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <varlistentry id="fcrontab">
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| 219 | <term><command>fcrontab</command></term>
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| 220 | <listitem><para>is a program used to install, edit, list and remove the
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| 221 | tables used by <command>fcron</command>.</para>
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| 222 | <indexterm zone="fcron fcrontab">
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| 223 | <primary sortas="b-fcrontab">fcrontab</primary>
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| 224 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 225 | </varlistentry>
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| 226 | </variablelist>
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[1586494] | 227 |
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[52d29f7] | 228 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 229 |
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| 230 | </sect1>
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