Control: fixed -1 1:4.7-1 Bálint Réczey <bal...@balintreczey.hu> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. máj. 14., K, 16:42): > > Hi Bryan, > > Bryan Quigley <bryan.quig...@canonical.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. > febr. 22., P, 2:03): > > > > Package: passwd > > Version: 1:4.5-1.1 > > > > This is regards to passwd.cron.daily which backups > > passwd/group/shadow/gshadow daily, which AFAICT is not upstream, but may > > have been in the past. > > > > I'm looking at what it takes to run systems without cron and following the > > example of other packages like logrotate: > > > > They add this bit to the cron script: > > # skip in favour of systemd timer > > if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then > > exit 0 > > fi > > > > and then create a systemd service/timer. Happy to do the work to make a > > patch if the above is the preferred solution. > > Thank you for the offer. It is indeed a good solution and a patch is welcome. > > Cheers, > Balint > > > > > ___ > > > > Alternatively, I have also wondered if the cron job functionality is still > > needed or if the built-in generated backups are enough - /etc/group- etc. > > > > On my machine the /etc/group- backup would have been much more useful then > > the one replaced daily by the cron job in /var/backups. > > > > Thanks!
