Re: Cron-standard package to replace current tasks in 'cron'

2005-03-10 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 11:04:04PM -0500, sean finney wrote: > i would argue then that user should use a tool called "rm", or "mv" :) Hmm, rm -rf: read mail, really fast? Bastian -- One does not thank logic. -- Sarek, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4

Re: Cron-standard package to replace current tasks in 'cron'

2005-03-09 Thread sean finney
hi, On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 08:36:24PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > They are already are, please review the (simple) package. For some of the > packages that provide them (like systat) the tasks are pulled in from the > depends:, for other packages there might be users that mig

Re: Cron-standard package to replace current tasks in 'cron'

2005-03-09 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 04:00:49PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote: > Why {c,sh}ouldn't they be implemented as cron.daily scripts in the respective > packages? They are already are, please review the (simple) package. For some of the packages that provide them (like systat) the tasks are pulled in fr

Re: Cron-standard package to replace current tasks in 'cron'

2005-03-09 Thread David Schmitt
[Please don't confuse my procmail with Cc's] [http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct] On Wednesday 09 March 2005 16:16, sean finney wrote: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 04:00:49PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote: > > Why {c,sh}ouldn't they be implemented as cron.daily scripts in the > > respecti

Re: Cron-standard package to replace current tasks in 'cron'

2005-03-09 Thread sean finney
hi, On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 04:00:49PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote: > Why {c,sh}ouldn't they be implemented as cron.daily scripts in the respective > packages? i'd like to ack that. however, if the non-arch specific stuff (generic cron jobs, init scripts, etc) for cron is still sufficiently comp

Re: Cron-standard package to replace current tasks in 'cron'

2005-03-09 Thread David Schmitt
On Wednesday 09 March 2005 15:20, Javier FernÃndez-Sanguino PeÃa wrote: > - Basic system accounting (implement in sysstat) > - Basic logfile reporting (implemented through logcheck) > - Basic security checks (implemented through checksecurity and Tiger) > - Integrity file monitoring (through tr

Cron-standard package to replace current tasks in 'cron'

2005-03-09 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Hi there, A while back I did a little bit of hacking and put together a package with "standard" cron tasks. These tasks includes: - backup stuff the cron package currently backups - some other simple backups (the 'backup-simple' program and manpage are included) - common cron-related packages th