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Offline robc

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cron start at boot
« on: June 18, 2009, 03:59:25 PM »
tc-config uses the following to start cron:
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if [ -n "$CRON" ]; then
  /usr/sbin/crond
  if [ "$?" == 0 ]; then echo " ${GREEN}cron started.${NORMAL}"; fi
fi
I think this should be changed to:
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if [ -n "$CRON" ]; then
  /etc/init.d/crond start
fi

Starting cron the way tc-config does disregards any options that are set in /etc/init.d/crond.
It may be a good idea to start cron after bootlocal so the crontabs and and changes to /etc/init.d/crond are used. Also this would allow remasters to still use the cron bootcode and use the options set in /etc/init.d/crond without the need to use a backup or bootlocal.
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Offline roberts

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Re: cron start at boot
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2009, 11:00:19 AM »
Change request accepted. crond start will be moved as was discussed for sshd.
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