From 80f0683a77c8201f17cb5b18ec7a398dc4a32e8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 15:14:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * Allow users to create crontabs by default.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=14861
---
 upstart-jobs/cron.nix | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/upstart-jobs/cron.nix b/upstart-jobs/cron.nix
index a5d628f9a65e..2c9a75cbc6f2 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/cron.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/cron.nix
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ in
         # Needed to interpret times in the local timezone.
         env TZ=${config.time.timeZone}
 
+        start script
+            mkdir -m 710 -p /var/cron
+
+            # By default, allow all users to create a crontab.  This
+            # is denoted by the existence of an empty cron.deny file.
+            if ! test -e /var/cron/cron.allow -o -e /var/cron/cron.deny; then
+                touch /var/cron/cron.deny
+            fi
+        end script
+
         respawn ${pkgs.cron}/sbin/cron -n
       '';
     }];