CiviCRM Cron through Drupal

Note: This module has been merged to kreynen's Civicrm_cron module:
https://drupal.org/project/civicrm_cron

With CiviCRM 4.1.x has come integrated cron jobs scheduler. This brings a variety of cron jobs together under one GUI roof, at /civicrm/admin/job . All the Civicrm scheduled cron jobs can be set off by accessing one url at /sites/all/modules/civicrm/bin/cron.php (or a command line instruction).

This module integrates Civicrm's scheduled cron jobs with drupal's cron. Whenever drupal's cron is invoked, this modulette triggers civi's scheduled jobs as well.

Civicrm's scheduled cron jobs requires that credentials of a drupal user-username and password- with appropriate permissions be submitted with the url request. This information has to be stored in the database in the clear, so administrators are encouraged to disable- block- this user so that even if the password is obtained through the database, no one can login to the frontend with that information. The drupal user under which the civi cron jobs run does not need even need to be 'Active.'

The module adds a "CiviCron Drupal User" settings page under
www.mysite.org/admin/settings/civicron_dru
where the administrator may add the drupal username , password , and site key.

More info on Managing Scheduled Jobs, CiviCRM's Command line Scripts configuration, and the section of the Civicrm book on scheduled jobs.