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Crond

2010-02-08T11:16:50Z

Affinity: /* Using crond */

'''crond''' is the name of the [[daemon]] which provides the [[cron]] scheduling service.

== Using crond ==
If the cron daemon is enabled it will automatically read any created crontabs, the location of which may be different depending on what version of cron is being used and the distribution it is installed on. Crontabs created using the crontab edit command will usually be stored in a sub-directory under /var, the actual files are saved as the user account name that owns them. Instead of creating or editing jobs using crontab their is also the /etc/cron directories which are labeled in the cron.{interval} format, where interval is the preset frequency in which the folder contents will be read. This method offers more convenience and is simpler to use than directly editing a crontab, but offers less control over the specifics of when a job is run.

== Different cron daemons ==

[http://www.digipedia.pl/man/doc/view/crond.8.html Dillon's cron]

[http://fcron.free.fr/index.php fcron]

[http://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/ Mellor's cron]

[http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html Vixie cron]

== See also ==
* [[crontab]]
* [[At]]

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Crond

2010-02-07T21:20:27Z

Affinity: /* Using crond */

'''crond''' is the name of the [[daemon]] which provides the [[cron]] scheduling service.

== Using crond ==
If the cron daemon is enabled it will automatically read any created crontabs, the location of which may be different depending on what version of cron is being used and the distribution it is installed on. A second location crontabs are read from is the /etc directory, the layout will again differ depending on the distribution used. Instead of editing a user's crontab the /etc/cron directories can have shell scripts placed into them which will be automatically run at intervals ranging from every hour to once a month depending on the directory. This method offers more convenience and is simpler to use than directly editing a crontab, but offers less control over how often the jobs are run.

== Different cron daemons ==

[http://www.digipedia.pl/man/doc/view/crond.8.html Dillon's cron]

[http://fcron.free.fr/index.php fcron]

[http://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/ Mellor's cron]

[http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html Vixie cron]

== See also ==
* [[crontab]]
* [[At]]

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Crond

2010-02-07T21:18:35Z

Affinity: added a brief description as well as some links some different crons

'''crond''' is the name of the [[daemon]] which provides the [[cron]] scheduling service.

== Using crond ==
If the cron daemon is enabled it will automatically read any created crontabs, the location of which may be different depending on what version of cron is being used and the distribution it is installed on. This information will be available in the documentation provided by the version of cron used with the various distributions. A second location crontabs are read from is the /etc directory, the layout will again differ depending on the distribution used. Instead of editing a user's crontab the /etc/cron directories can have shell scripts placed into them which will be automatically run at intervals ranging from every hour to once a month depending on the directory. This method offers more convenience and is simpler to use than directly editing a crontab, but offers less control over how often the jobs are run.

== Different cron daemons ==

[http://www.digipedia.pl/man/doc/view/crond.8.html Dillon's cron]

[http://fcron.free.fr/index.php fcron]

[http://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/ Mellor's cron]

[http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html Vixie cron]

== See also ==
* [[crontab]]
* [[At]]

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Ksh

2010-01-06T23:24:28Z

Affinity: Put the jest comment back in, did not realize I removed it.

'''ksh''', the ''Korn Shell'', was written by David Korn as an improvement on the [[sh|Bourne shell]]. The specification for ksh is public domain and has been reimplemented in pdksh. Most of the really good features are present in [[GNU]] [[bash]], the default shell for most Linux systems.

According to an [http://slashdot.org/articles/01/02/06/2030205.shtml interview with David Korn], the band [http://modlife.com/korn koRn] was formed in 1993 to promote the Korn shell. However the official band biography has no mention of this, instead stating a very different history than the interview claims. (it is possible that David Korn's statement was in jest)

== External links ==
* [http://man-wiki.net/index.php/Ksh ksh man page]
* [http://www.kornshell.com/ Korn shell web page] (''www.kornshell.com'')

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Ksh

2010-01-06T23:14:06Z

Affinity: reworded the statement about the korn band to reflect the uncertainty of the claim

'''ksh''', the ''Korn Shell'', was written by David Korn as an improvement on the [[sh|Bourne shell]]. The specification for ksh is public domain and has been reimplemented in pdksh. Most of the really good features are present in [[GNU]] [[bash]], the default shell for most Linux systems.

According to an [http://slashdot.org/articles/01/02/06/2030205.shtml interview with David Korn], the band [http://modlife.com/korn koRn] was formed in 1993 to promote the Korn shell. However the official band biography has no mention of this, instead stating a very different history than the interview claims.

== External links ==
* [http://man-wiki.net/index.php/Ksh ksh man page]
* [http://www.kornshell.com/ Korn shell web page] (''www.kornshell.com'')

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User talk:ThorstenStaerk

2009-12-24T13:02:48Z

Affinity: Undo revision 51525 by Affinity (Talk)-Didn't seem to work.

== Vandalism ==

There's a guy by the name of "Linux" going around and blanking all the pages. Can you block him and clean it up please? [[User:Linux|Linux]] 19:02, June 7, 2007 (EDT)
: why ? In most cases, your blanked pages are better than the blahblah before. And if you want to stop, I do not need to block you, just quit. --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 08:04, June 8, 2007 (EDT)

== Proper Way To Start Sysadmin Page ==

What do you recommend as a starting point for sysadmin, just pick a topic and write it?

--[[User:Cmnorton|Cmnorton]] 15:25, March 24, 2008 (EDT)

== Comparison of Linux distributions ==

Hi ThorstenStaerk, it didn't seem to be significant to me, but I can see what you mean about the small details. Perhaps it would be better stated as something like "Includes many common shortcuts to save time (such as the 'll' command, etc.)" - [[User:Blackice|Blackice]] 18:21, October 1, 2008 (UTC)

== beep ==

i added the author's name to distinguish it from the normal system beep or 'printf("\a")'.

Couple questions:

first, is this the right place to ask you something? or is there a message link i'm missing

second, was removing the redirect for previous 'beep' -> 'Turn off system beep' ok? I included it in the new beep article in 'see also' because I thought it was still relevant.

i'm discovering there are a lot of programs out there called beep!

I'm new to wwiki so please let me know if i ever do anything taboo or whatever, i'm just killing time and helping where i can

Hi ThorstenStaerk: I know you've seen me darting around editing stuff, but now I'm running out of ideas, I'm not techy, and I'm a linux newbie. if you know of something, even boring stuff, that needs done, please offer suggestions and I'll get right to it. I kill time while at work, read, edit where I know a little about it, learning lots. have a good week -Scott

Thank you for the ideas, and thanks for having LiVES in your favorite list - I had not heard of that software - I compiled it from source with no problems and having fun editing some video now :]

""""""

hi, biorezonanta is not spam , can i edit please.
thank you
biorezonanta

== How do you get a new page recognized? ==

A quick question:

How can you get a new file recognized as having been written?
I ask because of the submission I made for [[File:Hosts]] is still showing up on the [[Special:WantedPages|Most Wanted]] list.

TIA.

[[User:ShadowCat8|ShadowCat8]] 21:27, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

: This seems to be a mediawiki bug. I stopped caring about this entry in the [[Special:WantedPages|Most Wanted]] list after I wasted a lot of time on it. But thanks for your willingness to contribute --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 05:49, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

== Fuzzy redirects ==
Hi Thorsten,

What's the use of those myriads of (imo) meaningless redirects with only one (middle) differing capital. Initial Capitals: ok, ALLCAPS, sometimes ok, but sillyCapS means only noise... - [[User:Bemoeial|Bemoeial]] 00:07, November 25, 2009 (UTC)
: Hey, you are right, I started realizing this as well... a bit slowly. The basic idea was that we had stupid dupliates (like and article CUPS and an article Cups) and I wanted to get rid of it. Anyway I exaggerated, stopping it now :) thanks --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 06:00, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

== Who/Where do I ask questions about this wiki? ==
I'm new to this wiki and I have some questions. [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/LQWiki:Site_discussion The Official mailing list] dosen't seem to work so I'm asking here instead. 
====Starting with two questions:====
Who (if any) is/are in charge here? 
Who can I ask or where can I ask it if I got questions about and/or suggestions for this wiki? 
-- [[User:Lingonberga|Lingonberga]] 19:04, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

: [[User:Jeremy]] --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 08:31, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

User talk:ThorstenStaerk

2009-12-24T12:58:18Z

Affinity: I removed the internal link brackets around File:Hosts to test if that would resolve the issue of the page showing up as not being written.

== Vandalism ==

There's a guy by the name of "Linux" going around and blanking all the pages. Can you block him and clean it up please? [[User:Linux|Linux]] 19:02, June 7, 2007 (EDT)
: why ? In most cases, your blanked pages are better than the blahblah before. And if you want to stop, I do not need to block you, just quit. --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 08:04, June 8, 2007 (EDT)

== Proper Way To Start Sysadmin Page ==

What do you recommend as a starting point for sysadmin, just pick a topic and write it?

--[[User:Cmnorton|Cmnorton]] 15:25, March 24, 2008 (EDT)

== Comparison of Linux distributions ==

Hi ThorstenStaerk, it didn't seem to be significant to me, but I can see what you mean about the small details. Perhaps it would be better stated as something like "Includes many common shortcuts to save time (such as the 'll' command, etc.)" - [[User:Blackice|Blackice]] 18:21, October 1, 2008 (UTC)

== beep ==

i added the author's name to distinguish it from the normal system beep or 'printf("\a")'.

Couple questions:

first, is this the right place to ask you something? or is there a message link i'm missing

second, was removing the redirect for previous 'beep' -> 'Turn off system beep' ok? I included it in the new beep article in 'see also' because I thought it was still relevant.

i'm discovering there are a lot of programs out there called beep!

I'm new to wwiki so please let me know if i ever do anything taboo or whatever, i'm just killing time and helping where i can

Hi ThorstenStaerk: I know you've seen me darting around editing stuff, but now I'm running out of ideas, I'm not techy, and I'm a linux newbie. if you know of something, even boring stuff, that needs done, please offer suggestions and I'll get right to it. I kill time while at work, read, edit where I know a little about it, learning lots. have a good week -Scott

Thank you for the ideas, and thanks for having LiVES in your favorite list - I had not heard of that software - I compiled it from source with no problems and having fun editing some video now :]

""""""

hi, biorezonanta is not spam , can i edit please.
thank you
biorezonanta

== How do you get a new page recognized? ==

A quick question:

How can you get a new file recognized as having been written?
I ask because of the submission I made for File:Hosts is still showing up on the [[Special:WantedPages|Most Wanted]] list.

TIA.

[[User:ShadowCat8|ShadowCat8]] 21:27, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

: This seems to be a mediawiki bug. I stopped caring about this entry in the [[Special:WantedPages|Most Wanted]] list after I wasted a lot of time on it. But thanks for your willingness to contribute --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 05:49, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

== Fuzzy redirects ==
Hi Thorsten,

What's the use of those myriads of (imo) meaningless redirects with only one (middle) differing capital. Initial Capitals: ok, ALLCAPS, sometimes ok, but sillyCapS means only noise... - [[User:Bemoeial|Bemoeial]] 00:07, November 25, 2009 (UTC)
: Hey, you are right, I started realizing this as well... a bit slowly. The basic idea was that we had stupid dupliates (like and article CUPS and an article Cups) and I wanted to get rid of it. Anyway I exaggerated, stopping it now :) thanks --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 06:00, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

== Who/Where do I ask questions about this wiki? ==
I'm new to this wiki and I have some questions. [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/LQWiki:Site_discussion The Official mailing list] dosen't seem to work so I'm asking here instead. 
====Starting with two questions:====
Who (if any) is/are in charge here? 
Who can I ask or where can I ask it if I got questions about and/or suggestions for this wiki? 
-- [[User:Lingonberga|Lingonberga]] 19:04, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

: [[User:Jeremy]] --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 08:31, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

Syslog.conf

2009-12-20T23:40:52Z

Affinity: added link to online man page for syslog.conf

syslog.conf is the main configuration for syslogd. The purpose of syslog.conf is to specify rules for logging.

=== Intro ===

The general syntax of syslog.conf is to provide the type of message being logged followed by the location to store the log file. It is also possible to specify exceptions to logging by using a semicolon followed by the argument which specifies what not to log. The following example is taken from the man page of syslog.conf[http://linux.die.net/man/5/syslog.conf]

<pre># Store critical stuff in critical
#
*.=crit;kern.none /var/adm/critical

# Kernel messages are first, stored in the kernel
# file, critical messages and higher ones also go
# to another host and to the console
#
kern.* /var/adm/kernel
kern.crit @finlandia
kern.crit /dev/console
kern.info;kern.!err /var/adm/kernel-info
</pre>

The first line tells syslogd to store critical logs in /var/adm/critical. The use of ;kern.none tells syslogd not to store any kernel logs. The second set tells syslogd that it should store various types of kernel logs in there own locations.

=== See Also ===
[[syslogd]]

=== External Links ===
http://linux.die.net/man/5/syslog.conf

Syslog.conf

2009-12-20T23:34:12Z

Affinity:

syslog.conf is the main configuration for syslogd. The purpose of syslog.conf is to specify rules for logging.

=== Intro ===

The general syntax of syslog.conf is to provide the type of message being logged followed by the location to store the log file. It is also possible to specify exceptions to logging by using a semicolon followed by the argument which specifies what not to log. The following example is taken from the man page of syslog.conf, more examples can be found online.

<pre># Store critical stuff in critical
#
*.=crit;kern.none /var/adm/critical

# Kernel messages are first, stored in the kernel
# file, critical messages and higher ones also go
# to another host and to the console
#
kern.* /var/adm/kernel
kern.crit @finlandia
kern.crit /dev/console
kern.info;kern.!err /var/adm/kernel-info
</pre>

The first line tells syslogd to store critical logs in /var/adm/critical. The use of ;kern.none tells syslogd not to store any kernel logs. The second set tells syslogd that it should store various types of kernel logs in there own locations.

Syslog.conf

2009-12-20T23:33:54Z

Affinity: this is a brief introduction to syslog.conf, needs much more work but at least it's a starting point

syslog.conf is the main configuration for syslogd. The purpose of syslog.conf is to specify rules for logging.

=== Intro ===

The general syntax of syslog.conf is to provide the type of message being logged followed by the location to store the log file. It is also possible to specify exceptions to logging by using a semicolon followed by the argument which specifies what not to log. The following example is taken from the man page of syslog.conf, more examples can be found online.

<pre># Store critical stuff in critical
#
*.=crit;kern.none /var/adm/critical

# Kernel messages are first, stored in the kernel
# file, critical messages and higher ones also go
# to another host and to the console
#
kern.* /var/adm/kernel
kern.crit @finlandia
kern.crit /dev/console
kern.info;kern.!err /var/adm/kernel-info
</pre>

The first line tells syslogd to store critical logs in /var/adm/critical. The use of ;kern.none tells syslogd not to store any kernel logs. The second set tells syslogd that it should store various types of kernel logs in there own locations.