On 3/2/19 9:01 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
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> So, the problem with cron.d is that you're now using crontab syntax,
> and for compatibility you have to use the lowest common denominator
> which is vixie.
>
> That means your jobs are STILL running as root, so the only problem
> you had with run-parts
* Toralf Förster:
> I'm not 100% but IMO for a desktop this seems works whereas @daily or
> @weekly in crontab works only for systems running 24h per day, isn't
> it?
That depends on what flavour of cron is used (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacron).
-Ralph
On 3/3/19 1:05 AM, William Hubbs wrote:
> /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} structure to run repeating cron jobs?
I'm not 100% but IMO for a desktop this seems works whereas @daily or @weekly
in crontab works only for systems running 24h per day, isn't it?
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Toralf
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On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 8:25 PM Michael Orlitzky wrote:
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> Using run-parts in /etc/crontab also has its problems, but I don't have
> a solution handy for that one. Using run-parts runs those daily, weekly,
> etc. jobs as root, which may not be what you want if you're operating on
> user-controlled
On 3/2/19 7:44 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
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>> Totally. We should replace run-parts with something much simpler and
>> more predictable. Then, if that doesn't work for you, all modern crons
>> can do the things that run-parts tries to do, but better.
>>
>
> I'm not sure I see the connection here. A
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 7:26 PM Michael Orlitzky wrote:
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> On 3/2/19 7:05 PM, William Hubbs wrote:
> >
> > Is there a reason we still use run-parts and the
> > /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} structure to run repeating cron
> > jobs?
> >
> > From what I read in the chat earlier, it sounds
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 7:05 PM William Hubbs wrote:
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> someone brought this up on the chat channel today, so I'm bringing it
> here to ask for information.
>
> Is there a reason we still use run-parts and the
> /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} structure to run repeating cron jobs?
>
> From
On 3/2/19 7:05 PM, William Hubbs wrote:
>
> Is there a reason we still use run-parts and the
> /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} structure to run repeating cron jobs?
>
> From what I read in the chat earlier, it sounds like the modern crons
> might be able to handle this without that struct
All,
someone brought this up on the chat channel today, so I'm bringing it
here to ask for information.
Is there a reason we still use run-parts and the
/etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} structure to run repeating cron jobs?
From what I read in the chat earlier, it sounds like the modern c
