Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:24:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r284709 - head/libexec/atrun Message-ID: <201506222024.t5MKOxFR084551@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Mon Jun 22 20:24:59 2015 New Revision: 284709 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/284709 Log: Call /etc/crontab the "system crontab", not "root's crontab". While here, fix some other wording issues PR: 201048 Submitted by: teksimian@gmail.com MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/libexec/atrun/atrun.man Modified: head/libexec/atrun/atrun.man ============================================================================== --- head/libexec/atrun/atrun.man Mon Jun 22 20:21:57 2015 (r284708) +++ head/libexec/atrun/atrun.man Mon Jun 22 20:24:59 2015 (r284709) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ -.Dd October 30, 2012 +.Dd June 22, 2015 .Dt ATRUN 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -14,32 +14,32 @@ runs jobs queued by .Xr at 1 . .Pp -Root's +The system .Xr crontab 5 file .Pa /etc/crontab -has to contain the line +must contain the line .Bd -literal */5 * * * * root /usr/libexec/atrun .Ed .Pp -so that +so .Nm -gets invoked every five minutes. +is invoked every five minutes. .Pp At every invocation, .Nm -will start all the jobs in the lowercase queues whose start +starts all the jobs in the lowercase queues whose start time has elapsed. In addition, if the load average over the last minute was less than -the specified limit then a maximum of one batch job (denoted by the +the specified limit, then a maximum of one batch job (denoted by the uppercase queues) is started. .Pp Before starting a job, .Nm -will check the status of its owner's account with +checks the status of its owner's account with .Xr pam 3 -and refuse to run the job if the account is unavailable, +and refuses to run the job if the account is unavailable, e.g., locked out or expired. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ Debug; print error messages to standard .Sh WARNINGS For .Nm -to work, you have to start up a +to work, a .Xr cron 8 -daemon. +daemon must be running +.Nm +periodically. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/pam.d/atrun -compact .It Pa /etc/pam.d/atrun
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