Re: cron doesn't start at boot up?

[Chow Chi-Ming <cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk>]

>>>>> "Bernt" == Bernt T Hansen <bthansen@hookup.net> writes:

Bernt> Billy- Try # update-rc.d cron defaults

Bernt> I had to add the links for cron after installing it to have it
Bernt> start at boot time for run levels 2-5.

Bernt> You should probably read about the boot process information in
Bernt> # info debian under 'Customizing' question 11.3 and 11.4

I am just querying why the cron postinst doesn't install, or offer to
install the cron deamon using update-rc.d, so that cron is started at
boot up.  Even the gpm daemon (a significantly less important daemon)
is started at boot up by default.

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Billy C.-M. Chow <cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk>
Department of Systems Engineering       
The Chinese University of Hong Kong    


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