| 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Installation of fcron</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>Fcron uses the cron facility of syslog to log all messages. Since LFS
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| 5 | does not set up this facility in /etc/syslog.conf, it needs to be done prior
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| 6 | to installing fcron. This command will append the necessary line to the
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| 7 | current <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>.</para>
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <para><screen><userinput>cat >> /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"</userinput>
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| 10 | # Begin fcron addition to /etc/syslog.conf
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| 11 |
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| 12 | cron.* -/var/log/cron.log
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| 13 |
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| 14 | # End fcron addition
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| 15 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para>The configuration file has been modified, so reloading the sysklogd
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| 18 | daemon will activate the changes.</para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para><screen><userinput>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd reload</userinput></screen></para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para>Install fcron by running the following commands:</para>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para><screen><userinput>./configure &&
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| 25 | make CC="gcc $CFLAGS" &&
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| 26 | make install</userinput></screen></para>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | </sect2>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <title>Install fcron without MTA </title>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para>Fcron does not require a mail transfer agent (MTA) to run, but will
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| 35 | use one if it is installed to email you the results of the fcron script. If
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| 36 | you wish to install without a MTA, run the following commands:</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para><screen><userinput>./configure --without-sendmail &&
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| 39 | make CC="gcc $CFLAGS" &&
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| 40 | make install</userinput></screen></para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | </sect2>
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| 43 |
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