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FCRON.CONF(5) FCRON.CONF(5) NAME fcron.conf - configuration file for fcron and fcrontab DESCRIPTION ABSTRACT This page describes the syntax used for the configuration file of fcrontab(1), fcrondyn(1) and fcron(8). Blank lines, line beginning by a hash sign (#) (which are considered comments), leading blanks and tabs are ignored. Each line in a fcron.conf file is of the form name = value where the blanks around equal-sign (=) are ignored and optional. Trail- ing blanks are also ignored. The following names are recognized (default value in parentheses): "VALID VARIABLES IN A FCRON.CONF FILE" fcrontabs=directory (/var/spool/fcron) Fcron spool directory. pidfile=file-path (/var/run/fcron.pid) Location of fcron pid file (needed by fcrontab to work prop- erly). fifofile=file-path (/var/run/fcron.fifo) Location of fcron fifo file (needed by fcrondyn to communicate with fcron). fcronallow=file-path (/usr/local/etc/fcron.allow) Location of fcron.allow file. fcrondeny=file-path (/usr/local/etc/fcron.deny) Location of fcron.deny file. shell=file-path (/bin/sh) Location of default shell called by fcron when running a job. When fcron runs a job, fcron uses the value of SHELL from the fcrontab if any, otherwise it uses the value from fcron.conf if any, or in last resort the value from /etc/passwd. sendmail=file-path (/usr/sbin/sendmail) Location of mailer program called by fcron to send job output. editor=file-path (/usr/bin/vi) Location of default editor used when invoking "fcrontab -e". File-paths and directories are complete and absolute (i.e. be- ginning by a "/"). To run several instances of fcron simultaneously on the same system, you must use a different configuration file for each instance. Each in- stance must have a different fcrontabs, pidfile and fifofile. Then, use fcron(8)'s command line option -c to select which config file (so which instance) you refer to. FILES /usr/local/etc/fcron.conf Configuration file for fcron, fcrontab and fcrondyn: contains paths (spool dir, pid file) and default programs to use (editor, shell, etc). See fcron.conf(5) for more details. /usr/local/etc/fcron.allow Users allowed to use fcrontab and fcrondyn (one name per line, special name "all" acts for everyone) /usr/local/etc/fcron.deny Users who are not allowed to use fcrontab and fcrondyn (same format as allow file) /usr/local/etc/pam.d/fcron (or /usr/local/etc/pam.conf) PAM configuration file for fcron. Take a look at pam(8) for more details. SEE ALSO fcrontab(1), fcrondyn(1), fcrontab(5), fcron.conf(5), fcron(8). If you're learning how to use fcron from scratch, I suggest that you read the HTML version of the documentation (if your are not reading it right now! :) ): the content is the same, but it is easier to navigate thanks to the hyperlinks. AUTHOR Thibault Godouet <fcron@free.fr> 06/26/2016 26 June 2016 FCRON.CONF(5)
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