Layer: services

Module: cron

Description:

Periodic execution of scheduled commands.

Interfaces:

cron_read_pipe(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Read a cron daemon unnamed pipe.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	Domain allowed access.	No

cron_read_system_job_tmp_files(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Read temporary files from the system cron jobs.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	Domain allowed access.	No

cron_rw_log(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Read and write the cron daemon log files.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	The type of the process to performing this action.	No

cron_rw_pipe(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Read and write a cron daemon unnamed pipe.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	Domain allowed access.	No

cron_search_spool(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Search the directory containing user cron tables.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	The type of the process to performing this action.	No

cron_sigchld(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Send a SIGCHLD signal to the cron daemon.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	Domain allowed access.	No

cron_system_entry(
	
		domain
		
			,
		
		entrypoint
		
	)

Summary

Make the specified program domain accessable from the system cron jobs.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	The type of the process to transition to.	No
entrypoint	The type of the file used as an entrypoint to this domain.	No

cron_use_fd(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Inherit and use a file descriptor from the cron daemon.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	Domain allowed access.	No

cron_use_system_job_fd(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Inherit and use a file descriptor from system cron jobs.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	Domain allowed access.	No

cron_write_system_job_pipe(
	
		domain
		
	)

Summary

Wrate a system cron job unnamed pipe.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
domain	Domain allowed access.	No

Return

Templates:

cron_admin_template(
	
		userdomain_prefix
		
	)

Summary

The administrative functions template for the cron module.

Description

This template creates rules for administrating the cron service, allowing the specified user to manage other user crontabs.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
userdomain_prefix	The prefix of the user domain (e.g., user is the prefix for user_t).	No

cron_per_userdomain_template(
	
		userdomain_prefix
		
			,
		
		user_domain
		
			,
		
		user_role
		
	)

Summary

The per user domain template for the cron module.

Description

This template creates a derived domains which are used for running programs on behalf of the user, from cron. A type for the user crontab is also created.

This template is invoked automatically for each user, and generally does not need to be invoked directly by policy writers.

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Optional:
userdomain_prefix	The prefix of the user domain (e.g., user is the prefix for user_t).	No
user_domain	The type of the user domain.	No
user_role	The role associated with the user domain.	No

Return