After the files are installed, the make install script enters into a configuration routine. The first test will be for a group named fcron. If it does not exist, you will be given the command line that the script proposes to run and a prompt for a 'y' or 'n'. This is repeated to create a user named fcron and to install a script in the init.d directory with the appropriate symbolic links in runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5. The final configuration step is to stop any current fcron processes and start the new fcron. A yes here will stop current fcron processes and will start the new fcron. The following commands will overwrite the fcron script with one based upon the BLFS template: 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 && mv /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K60fcron /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K08fcron && mv /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K60fcron /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K08fcron /etc/fcron.conf, /etc/fcron.allow, /etc/fcron.deny There are no required changes in any of these 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.