hi Under Debian, you just need to edit the /etc/crontab file. The system automatically reloads the file, you can double-check for the reload by looking at the cron log, e.g. "tail -n 20 /var/log/cron.log", for an entry like this:
"Jul 3 00:02:01 [servername] /usr/sbin/cron[295]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/crontab)" tks Andrew ------------------------------------------------- Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci) IT Officer, School of Law MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Perth, Western Australia Ph: [+61 8 9360 6479] Fax: [+61 8 9310 6671] e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math" -----Original Message----- From: Ewing, Jeff I [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 5:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: debian cron: How do I change when /etc/cron.daily/standard is scheduled? Please help. My Debian workstation is veerry slow for 30 minutes at 06:30 a.m. when I start work. The following command is running: "find / /dev/pts /var /usr /redhat ................." This is called from : 22821 22770 0 06:50 ? 00:00:00 sh /usr/sbin/checksecurity which is called from: 22770 21282 0 06:50 ? 00:00:00 sh /etc/cron.daily/standard which is called from 21282 21281 0 06:25 ? 00:00:00 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily How do I reschedule this maintenance to around 03:00? The 'man cron' page is not clear: "/etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly} directories allow to add a crontab file to /etc/cron.d." Thank you Jeff EDS (Australia) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
