Package: cron (3.0pl1-100ubuntu2.1) [security]
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Maintainer:
Please consider filing a bug or asking a question via Launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.
Original Maintainers (usually from Debian):
- Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a
- Steve Greenland
It should generally not be necessary for users to contact the original maintainer.
Similar packages:
management of regular background processing
cron is a background process (`daemon') that runs programs at regular intervals (for example, every minute, day, week or month); which processes are run and at what times are specified in the `crontab'.
Users may also install crontabs so that processes are run on their behalf, though this feature can be disabled or restricted to particular users.
Output from the commands is usually mailed to the system administrator (or to the user in question); you should probably install a mail system as well so that you can receive these messages.
This cron package is configured by default to do various standard system maintenance tasks, such as ensuring that logfiles do not grow endlessly and overflow the disk.
The lockfile-progs package is only a "Suggests" because of the poor way that dselect handles "Recommends", but I do strongly suggest that you install it; it prevents /etc/cron.daily/standard from running multiple times if something gets jammed.
Packages providing cron
- bcron-run
- Bruce's cron system
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- GNU C Library: Shared libraries
also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
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- dep: libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
- Pluggable Authentication Modules library
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- dep: libselinux1
- SELinux policy enforcement, run-time libraries
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- dep: lsb-base (>= 3.0-10)
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- dep: sysv-rc (>= 2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu2)
- System-V-like runlevel change mechanism
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- rec: exim4
- meta-package to ease Exim MTA (v4) installation
- or postfix
- High-performance mail transport agent
- or mail-transport-agent
- virtual package provided by courier-mta, esmtp-run, exim4-daemon-heavy, exim4-daemon-light, masqmail, msmtp-mta, nbsmtp, nullmailer, postfix, sendmail-bin, smail, ssmtp, xmail
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- sug: anacron (>= 2.0-1)
- cron-like program that doesn't go by time
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- sug: checksecurity
- basic system security checks
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- sug: lockfile-progs
- Programs for locking and unlocking files and mailboxes
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- sug: logrotate
- Log rotation utility
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| Architecture | Package Size | Installed Size | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd64 | 81.9 kB | 312.0 kB | [list of files] |
| i386 | 77.6 kB | 300.0 kB | [list of files] |