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-.TH CRON 8 "10 January 1996""
+.TH CRON "8" "10 January 1996" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
cron \- daemon to execute scheduled commands (ISC Cron V4.1)
.RB [ \-m <mail command> ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Cron
-should be started from /etc/rc or /etc/rc.local. It will return immediately,
-so you don't need to start it with '&'. The \-n option changes this default
-behavior causing it to run in the foreground. This can be useful when
-starting it out of init.
+should be started from /etc/rc.d/rc or /etc/rc.d/rc.local. It will return
+immediately, so you don't need to start it with '&'. The \-n option changes
+this default behavior causing it to run in the foreground. This can be
+useful when starting it out of init.
.PP
.I Cron
searches /var/spool/cron for crontab files which are named after accounts in
.SS PAM Access Control
On Red Hat systems, crond now supports access control with PAM - see
.IR pam (8) .
-A PAM configuration file for crond is installed in /etc/pam.d/crond .
+A PAM configuration file for crond is installed in /etc/pam.d/crond.
crond loads the PAM environment from the pam_env module, but these
can be overriden by settings in the crontab file.
.SH SIGNALS