Changeset 292bc8bf for general/sysutils/fcron/fcron-inst.xml

Timestamp:

09/18/2003 09:21:15 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Igor Živković <igor@…>

Branches:

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Children:

5e19933

Parents:

a504f0aa

Message:

updated instructions for fcron

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@1108 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• general/sysutils/fcron/fcron-inst.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

general/sysutils/fcron/fcron-inst.xml

@@ -1 +1 @@
 <sect2>
-<title>Installation of fcron</title>
+<title>Installation of <application>fcron</application></title>
 
-<para>Fcron uses the cron facility of syslog to log all messages.  Since LFS 
-does not set up this facility in <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>, it needs to be done prior 
-to installing fcron.  This command will append the necessary line to the 
-current <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>.</para>
+<para><application>Fcron</application> uses the cron facility of syslog
+to log all messages. Since <acronym>LFS</acronym> does not set up this 
+facility in <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>, it needs to be done 
+prior to installing fcron. This command will append the necessary line 
+to the current <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>.</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/syslog.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
+<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/syslog.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
 # Begin fcron addition to /etc/syslog.conf
 
@@ -13 +14 @@
 
 # End fcron addition
-<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
+EOF</command></userinput></screen>
 
 <para>The configuration file has been modified, so reloading the sysklogd 
 daemon will activate the changes.</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd reload</userinput></screen></para>
+<screen><userinput><command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd reload</command></userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Install fcron by running the following commands:</para>
+<para>For security reasons, we need to create an unpriviledged user and
+group for <application>fcron</application>:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>./configure &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput><command>groupadd fcron &amp;&amp;
+useradd -c fcron -g fcron fcron</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Install <application>fcron</application> by running the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><command>./configure --without-sendmail &amp;&amp;
 make &amp;&amp;
-make install</userinput></screen></para>
+yes 'n' | make install</command></userinput></screen>
 
 </sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-
-<title>Install fcron without MTA </title>
-
-<para>Fcron does not require a mail transfer agent (MTA) to run, but will 
-use one if it is installed to email you the results of the fcron script.  If 
-you wish to install without a MTA, run the following commands:</para>
-
-<para><screen><userinput>./configure --without-sendmail &amp;&amp;
-make &amp;&amp;
-make install</userinput></screen></para>
-
-</sect2>
-