57.1. Module Design and CGI Programs
As Chapter 10 explains, this module lets a user view, edit, and create Cron jobs for all UNIX users on a system. It gets the lists of jobs by reading several different files, such as those in the /var/spool/cron directory, those in /etc/cron.d, and those in /etc/crontab. The exact paths depend upon the operating system on which Webmin is running, as every UNIX variant seems to have its own implementation of Cron.
In addition to editing jobs, the module can also be used to execute those that have already been defined and view their output. Users can also edit the files that control which users have access to Cron, usually named /etc/cron.allow and /etc/cron.deny.
The CGI programs that make up this module are: ...
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