1 config BR2_PACKAGE_DCRON
3 depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
4 depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
6 dcron is a time-based job scheduler with anacron-like
7 features. It works as a background daemon that parses
8 individual crontab files and executes commands on behalf of
11 Upon installation, this package will enable a system level
12 cron daemon with hourly, daily, weekly and monthly crontabs.
14 However, it doesn't allow non root users to create their own
15 crontab file. This is because /var/spool/cron/crontabs is
18 Typically, a crontab group is created on the system and
19 users allowed to create crontab entries are added into this
20 group, while crontab executable is owned by root:crontab
21 with sgid bit enabled.
23 http://www.jimpryor.net/linux/dcron.html