Re: Bug#302309: ITP: bcron -- Bruce's cron system
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:45:24AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Thursday 14 April 2005 20:05, Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> wrote:
> > While I think that user specific services are useful, I don't think cron
> > is the right place for that. The init system should support user-owned
> > services and an interface for the user to manage them. I personally use
> > the runit programs for that, see also
>
> So you are suggesting that we should have a second system that has a
> SETUID/SETGID program to allow users to configure their jobs and a job
> execution program that runs jobs in the background, sends email to users,
> etc.
No, not at all, don't know why you think so. Both, bcron and runit,
have a concept of privilege separation by design, neither uses setuid or
setgid programs. cron handles scheduled jobs, init handles uptime
services.
> Why re-write cron when cron only needs a minor change?
I'm afraid I again can't follow your thinking. Anyway, upstream
documented the reasons for implementing bcron
http://untroubled.org/bcron/bcron.html#SEC2
Regards, Gerrit.
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