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Am Freitag, 28. März 2003 18:31 schrieb Barak Korren:
> Nathan E Norman wrote:
> >>1. AFAIK, system-wide, package-installed cronjobs are in configutred in
> >>Sys-V style in the /etc/cron.* directories and not in a standard user
> >>crontab file.
> >
> >... and said scripts are run via run-parts(8) which is called by
> >scripts called in /etc/crontab. Have you bothered to examine the
> >contents of /etc/crontab? If the first three run-parts entries in
> >/etc/crontab are removed, the relevant scripts in /etc/cron.{daily,
> >weekly,monthly} will _never_ be run.
>
> ...Which sounds to me like over-breaking the system if all you want to
> do is simply remove a job
> or two...
> Anyway the way I'd prefer to do it is to simply remove the package that
> put the job there in the first
> place since chances are it wouldn't work witout the cronjob anyway.
> The name of the file in /etc/cron.* can hint you to which packge should
> that be.
You can simply chmod -x the script in /etc/cron.*/ you dont want. cron or
anacron will send complaint mail but you can ignore it or put it in your
filter, whatever. No system breakage and easily enabled.
Robert
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I just missed a perfect opportunity to remain silent...
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