Hello Matt, On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:14:53 -0500 Matt <matt.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do you need cron installed for the files in /etc/cron.daily/ to > execute? Did a Centos 6.x minimal openvz install and noticed cron is > not installed by default and after installing mlocate cant help but > wander if it will be updated without it. For this you need cronie (the cron daemon) and crontabs (user bindings, including root), see `yum info`: Installed Packages Name : cronie Arch : x86_64 Version : 1.4.4 Release : 12.el6 Size : 174 k Repo : installed From repo : base Summary : Cron daemon for executing programs at set times URL : https://fedorahosted.org/cronie License : MIT and BSD and ISC and GPLv2 Description : Cronie contains the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs specified programs at : scheduled times and related tools. It is a fork of the original vixie-cron and : has security and configuration enhancements like the ability to use pam and : SELinux. Name : crontabs Arch : noarch Version : 1.10 Release : 33.el6 Size : 2.4 k Repo : installed From repo : anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64 Summary : Root crontab files used to schedule the execution of programs License : Public Domain and GPLv2 Description : The crontabs package contains root crontab files and directories. : You will need to install cron daemon to run the jobs from the crontabs. : The cron daemon such as cronie or fcron checks the crontab files to : see when particular commands are scheduled to be executed. If commands : are scheduled, it executes them. : : Crontabs handles a basic system function, so it should be installed on : your system. Regards, -- wwp
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