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