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-rw-r--r--system/fcron/README19
-rw-r--r--system/fcron/doinst.sh4
-rw-r--r--system/fcron/fcron.SlackBuild2
-rw-r--r--system/fcron/slack-desc8
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/system/fcron/README b/system/fcron/README
index d664aede05bbb..d5e94c46498dc 100644
--- a/system/fcron/README
+++ b/system/fcron/README
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ So as root do this:
Post Installation notes:
------------------------
-The Fcron installation creates a startup file called /etc/rc.d/rc.fcron
+The Fcron installation creates a startup file called /etc/rc.d/rc.fcron
To run this startup file automatically at system startup time,
add an entry to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:
@@ -25,3 +25,20 @@ add an entry to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.fcron ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.fcron start
fi
+
+To prevent the automatic startup of the existing crond daemon:
+
+ 1) Turn off the execute bit on the crond binary:
+
+ chmod -x /usr/sbin/crond
+
+And/or:
+ 2) Comment out the crond code in /etc/rc.d/rc.M
+
+ #if [ -x /usr/sbin/crond ]; then
+ # /usr/sbin/crond -l notice
+ #fi
+
+To create an fcrontab for root from the sample-root-fcrontab.txt file:
+
+ fcrontab sample-root-fcrontab.txt
diff --git a/system/fcron/doinst.sh b/system/fcron/doinst.sh
index d8651841e8bdb..c0f53d0dfacc0 100644
--- a/system/fcron/doinst.sh
+++ b/system/fcron/doinst.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ preserve_perms() {
preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.fcron.new
config etc/fcron.conf.new
-config etc/fcron.allow
-config etc/fcron.deny
+config etc/fcron.allow.new
+config etc/fcron.deny.new
diff --git a/system/fcron/fcron.SlackBuild b/system/fcron/fcron.SlackBuild
index 6ed7680123371..965ad2583f431 100644
--- a/system/fcron/fcron.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/fcron/fcron.SlackBuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
PRGNAM=fcron
VERSION=${VERSION:-3.2.0}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
# Select fcron's default user/group
diff --git a/system/fcron/slack-desc b/system/fcron/slack-desc
index 821ff388ecf3b..4c8dacbd1a3be 100644
--- a/system/fcron/slack-desc
+++ b/system/fcron/slack-desc
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
fcron: fcron (periodical command scheduler)
fcron:
fcron: Fcron is a periodical command scheduler which aims at replacing
-fcron: Vixie Cron and Anacron.
-fcron:
-fcron: Fcron works well on systems that are not continuously running such
-fcron: as laptops or desktops and it is loaded with features.
+fcron: Vixie Cron and Anacron. Fcron works well on systems that are not
+fcron: continuously running such as laptops or desktops and it is loaded
+fcrom: with features.
fcron:
fcron: When a machine is powered on, Fcron can start jobs that were
fcron: skipped while the machine was powered off.
+fcron:
fcron: Homepage: http://fcron.free.fr/