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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ So as root do this:
Post Installation notes:
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-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