Log of /trunk/cron.8

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Modified Sun Aug 7 20:15:06 2011 UTC (21 months, 2 weeks ago) by chrisk-guest
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Check orphaned crontabs for adoption. Fix taken from Fedora cronie.
Closes: #634926

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Modified Sun Aug 7 19:31:11 2011 UTC (21 months, 2 weeks ago) by jfs
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Document Debian-specific behaviour

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Modified Sat Aug 6 21:07:22 2011 UTC (21 months, 2 weeks ago) by jfs
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Clarify that this setting does not affect /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}

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Modified Wed Jul 20 22:42:48 2011 UTC (22 months ago) by chrisk-guest
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Add missing /etc/cron.hourly; fix typo

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Modified Mon Jun 13 20:10:11 2011 UTC (23 months, 1 week ago) by chrisk-guest
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Convert -L option to a bitmask; update docs

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Modified Sat May 7 11:17:42 2011 UTC (2 years ago) by chrisk-guest
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Grammar/typos

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Modified Fri May 6 21:48:40 2011 UTC (2 years ago) by chrisk-guest
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include /etc/crontab when documenting permissions

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Modified Fri May 6 21:42:57 2011 UTC (2 years ago) by chrisk-guest
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Document the fact that files in /etc/cron.d must not be group- or
other-writable. Closes: #625491, LP: #741979

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Modified Wed Aug 18 21:54:04 2010 UTC (2 years, 9 months ago) by chrisk-guest
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Sync with -114: PAM fixes

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Modified Mon Apr 19 18:34:01 2010 UTC (3 years, 1 month ago) by chrisk-guest
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Don't allow symlinks from /etc/cron.d to group/world-writable files

Also, document symlink behaviour for /etc/cron.d

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Modified Sat Apr 10 15:29:08 2010 UTC (3 years, 1 month ago) by jfs
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Describe how the environment is managed in Debian systems

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Modified Wed Dec 20 00:02:06 2006 UTC (6 years, 5 months ago) by jfs
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Fix minor typos, and change Debian-specific content of manpages and default
crontab that could lead to user's being confounded. Explicitly say that both
/etc/crontab and files under /etc/cron.d/ can have users in the crontab lines.
(Closes: #402934)

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Modified Tue Oct 31 00:14:02 2006 UTC (6 years, 6 months ago) by jfs
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Describe the new -L option in the manpage

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Modified Fri Jul 21 15:47:00 2006 UTC (6 years, 10 months ago) by jfs
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Fix minor typo

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Modified Fri Aug 13 15:40:33 2004 UTC (8 years, 9 months ago) by steveg
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clarify how /etc/cron.d files are read

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Modified Sun Jun 6 23:58:46 2004 UTC (8 years, 11 months ago) by steveg
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minor typo fixups

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Modified Sun Jan 18 21:23:23 2004 UTC (9 years, 4 months ago) by steveg
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Add LSB naming support for /etc/cron.d

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Modified Sun Sep 7 21:11:42 2003 UTC (9 years, 8 months ago) by steveg
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Allow cron to run in foreground

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Modified Sun Jun 1 19:45:48 2003 UTC (9 years, 11 months ago) by steveg
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Clarify cron logging, and preferred use of /etc/cron.d vs. /etc/crontab

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Modified Sat Nov 9 17:31:48 2002 UTC (10 years, 6 months ago) by steveg
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fix grammar

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Modified Wed Aug 23 21:41:28 2000 UTC (12 years, 9 months ago) by steveg
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Added mention of upcased process names

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Modified Sat Sep 11 22:18:32 1999 UTC (13 years, 8 months ago) by steveg
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Info about improved time-change handling, from BSD patch

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Modified Sun Apr 11 19:34:48 1999 UTC (14 years, 1 month ago) by steveg
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Added all debian changes

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Modified Sun Apr 11 19:10:29 1999 UTC (14 years, 1 month ago) by steveg
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Added all debian changes

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Added Sun Apr 11 19:10:18 1999 UTC (14 years, 1 month ago) by steveg
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Initial revision