/etc/fcron.conf, /etc/fcron.allow, /etc/fcron.deny There are no required changes in any of the config files. Configuration information can be found in the man page for fcron.conf. fcron scripts are written using fcrontab . Refer to the man page for fcrontab for proper parameters for your situation. Create the boot script with the following: cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/fcron << "EOF" #!/bin/sh # Begin $rc_base/init.d/fcron # Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier. # Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org source /etc/sysconfig/rc source $rc_functions case "$1" in start) echo "Starting fcron..." loadproc fcron ;; stop) echo "Stopping fcron..." killproc fcron ;; restart) $0 stop sleep 1 $0 start ;; status) statusproc fcron ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}" exit 1 ;; esac # End $rc_base/init.d/fcron EOF chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/fcron Create the symbolic links to this file in the relevant rc.d directory with the following commands: cd /etc/rc.d/init.d && ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc0.d/K08fcron && ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc2.d/S40fcron && ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc3.d/S40fcron && ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc4.d/S40fcron && ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc5.d/S40fcron && ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc6.d/K08fcron