Cron jobs are in the cronjobs/
directory and the crontab.in
file contains a sample crontab. This gives you the basic cronjobs for updating certain statistics and data on the site.
cronjobs/cvs-cron/
contains scripts useful for creating blank cvs trees and managing the /etc/groups
, /etc/passwd
and /etc/shadow
files. See cronjobs/README.root
and CVS plugins section for more info.
cronjobs/mail/
contains files useful for the creation of new mailing lists in mailman and creating the /etc/aliases
file.
Prepare for cronjobs/cvs-cron/usergroup.php
and cronjobs/mail/mailaliases.php
.
#adduser anonymous
#cp /etc/aliases /etc/aliases.org
#cp /etc/shadow /etc/shadow.org
#cp /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.org
#cp /etc/group /etc/group.org
There are two other ways to authenticate GForge users: LDAP and NSS with PostgreSQL backend. They are not discussed in this guide.
The cronjobs/cvs-cron/usergroup.php
cron script will meddle with your /etc/passwd
, /etc/group
, and /etc/shadow
files. By default, this cron will save these files with a .new
extension. You will have to edit the cron script to remove the .new
extension, but you must make sure that it is properly generating your files or your server could be unusable.
The following command will blow away any existing root crontab:
# crontab cronjobs/crontab.in
Now edit the paths to the cron scripts by setting the value of GFORGE
and PHP
variables:
# crontab -e
Uncomment entries for cronjobs/cvs-cron/usergroup.php
, cronjobs/mail/mailing_lists_create.php
, and cronjobs/mail/mailaliases.php
but not before understanding the consequences.