Huh, I ignored this article because it sounded like such a solved problem, but it stayed on the home page long enough that I thought I might be missing something.
Not only was it exactly what I expected from the title, there were 3 obvious but unimportant flaws in the "Ubuntu/Debian" setup section:
- a cron line that runs every 60 minutes is commented as running every 5
- unnecessary crond restart. Not just reload, which would already be redundant, but a full restart
- unnecessarily restrictive heading. There's nothing specific to Ubuntu/Debian in those instructions
I mean, it's a fine solution, like the 100s of others out there. I'm not trying to throw shade on the author; they've made something a little more flexible than most one-offs, without going overboard like the ones that handle dozens of different services. But... why the front page? Why the upvotes? Can't you kids just stay off of the damn lawn?!
Not only was it exactly what I expected from the title, there were 3 obvious but unimportant flaws in the "Ubuntu/Debian" setup section:
- a cron line that runs every 60 minutes is commented as running every 5
- unnecessary crond restart. Not just reload, which would already be redundant, but a full restart
- unnecessarily restrictive heading. There's nothing specific to Ubuntu/Debian in those instructions
I mean, it's a fine solution, like the 100s of others out there. I'm not trying to throw shade on the author; they've made something a little more flexible than most one-offs, without going overboard like the ones that handle dozens of different services. But... why the front page? Why the upvotes? Can't you kids just stay off of the damn lawn?!