Re: cron.d scripts

[Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net>]

Pol Hallen <deben@fuckaround.org> writes:

> Hi all :-)
>
> doing a check of my system, I see some scripts in /etc/cron.d/
>
> if my /etc/crontab contains:
>
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>
> # m h dom mon dow user  command
> 17 *    * * *   root    cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
> 25 6    * * *   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / &&
> run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
> 47 6    * * 7   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / &&
> run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
> 52 6    1 * *   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / &&
> run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
>
> who starts the scripts inside /etc/cron.d/?
>

cron reads the files in /etc/cron.d in addition to /etc/crontab and the
per-user crontab files.  See the cron(8) manpage.

The files in /etc/cron.d are supposed to be crontab files, not scripts
like those being run using run-parts.

--
regards,
kushal