Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Updating to 1.2.11

[Dick M. <di...@li...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>> Do either of those packages start by _default_ when you boot DL?
>>>     
>> Yes. Any program/script placed in /etc/cron.daily for example will be executed 
>> as root.  So far as I know this is the only way aide is executed.  Had aide 
>> install been good then everybody would be running it whether they wanted to or 
>> not.  There's a thing called logwatch also arrived in this DL version which does 
>> work.  It is also started in cron.daily.   First I knew about it was its report 
>> in my inbox.
>>   
> 
> OK, maybe the line in the crontab should be commented out by default. 
> (I'll leave that decision to Heiko)
 >
> OTOH, the last time I checked, crond itself doesn't start by default. 
> And if/when you turn on cron, you it's a good idea to edit/check the
> crontabs.

I think this is uncovering more than I intended but since we've started, in my 
opinion DL should not have scripts for packages installed in cron.daily etc. 
Instead I suggest it should place them in some other directory.  It should then 
create symbolic links from cron.daily to the script at bootup if the package is 
enabled in sysconfig/config.  Then it's similar to the way init.d works. That 
way DL retains some visibility and control of what is enabled and does not risk 
activating scripts unintentionally or unexpectedly.

Dick