And again: update flash

[michaa7]

... Note: if you use the cron script in the 3rd post in this thread, don't forget the '#!/bin/sh'...

I really had problems and wasn't aware of the missing shebang.
http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?msg=30945#30945
Thanks for mentioning it!

So the content of /etc/cron.daily/flash shold be:

#!/bin/sh

test -x /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin-nonfree && /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin-nonfree --install --quiet

It needs to be executable.

[michaa7]

There is a new flash version (11.2.202.335), but I wonder why the script (cronjob) didn't update to it? I successfully updated manually now.

[dibl]

Just FYI for KDE users -- I recently discovered kcm_cron.  In krunner, launch "kdesu kcmshell4 kcm_cron".  To set a cron job, first set up the command to be run, and enable all months, then enable either a date in the month, or a date in the week, or all days if you want it to run daily.  Then set the time of day to run, and "apply" and you are done.

[michaa7]

Is this just a frontend/configuration tool to cron or do *the created cronjobs* work only if KDE is lauched?

[dibl]

That's an excellent question and I honestly don't know for sure.  But, my logic says "Why would you enable a root-authorized cron job at 3:00 a.m. if it won't work when no users are logged in?".  So my bet is, it runs regardless of whether a KDE session is running or not.  I'll dig around and see if I can learn more.

[michaa7]

...But, my logic says "Why would you enable a root-authorized cron job at 3:00 a.m. if it won't work when no users are logged in?".  ...

I'd say: That's a completly different question which is *answerd* installing anac(h)ron (which, to put it in a nutshell, executes cronjobs not executed at its time because the system was down at the time the job was configured for. But anac(h)ron is installed by default, I guess).

[dibl]

But anac(h)ron is installed by default, I guess).

I think so -- it's in all my systems and I never manually installed it.


To clarify, "kcm_cron" is a module for kcmshell4.  There are many other modules, which can perform many desktop configuration tasks.  kcmshell4, as part of KDE, is normally a user utility, but by calling it with "kdesu" you can do root tasks with it (similar to kate or konsole).

[seasons]

There is a new flash version (11.2.202.335), but I wonder why the script (cronjob) didn't update to it? I successfully updated manually now.

Script worked fine for me...