Crontab and init scripts

[Mike McGrath]

>
> * You could have the init.d script create and delete the crontab
>   entry.  Certainly not much more palatable.
>
> * Accept the status quo, where package installation is equated with
>   "I want to run the service".
>
> * Don't involve cron at all: start a shell script in the background,
>   which fires off the real job once every five minutes.
>
> * Make the admin put the crontab in place and ignore the standard
>   method of specifying what services should run altogether.
>
> I prefer the Yum method, myself.
>

The other option I've considered is simply not installing the cron job
at all and requiring the user to do it.  The user already has to
configure db connections in /etc/cacti I might just add a step that
says "copy the cron script from the cacti doc's to /etc/cron.d/"

                -Mike