Fcron uses the cron facility of syslog to log all messages. Since LFS does not set up this facility in /etc/syslog.conf, it needs to be done prior to installing fcron. This command will append the necessary line to the current /etc/syslog.conf. cat >> /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF" # Begin fcron addition to /etc/syslog.conf cron.* -/var/log/cron.log # End fcron addition EOF The configuration file has been modified, so reloading the sysklogd daemon will activate the changes. /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd reload Install fcron by running the following commands: ./configure && make CC="gcc $CFLAGS" && make install Fcron does not require a mail transfer agent (MTA) to run, but will use one if it is installed to email you the results of the fcron script. If you wish to install without a MTA, run the following commands: ./configure --without-sendmail && make CC="gcc $CFLAGS" && make install