Re: security
Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 01:46:51AM -0500, Mike McNally wrote:
> > It concerns me when my machine grinds when I don't know why it's
> > grinding. I run top and it says find is running. Why? I do a grep
> -r
> > find /etc/cr* and the only things that come up run per crontab.
> Crontab
> > shows that all cron routines run around sunup... it's now 1:42 and my
> > linux box with a 24hr old install of debian was grinding at 1:10.
>
> is your clock correct? or perhaps you have anacron installed which
> runs cron jobs approximatly whenever it feels like it.
Make that 5, 10 or 15 minutes after booting (if you use the default
configuration). See `man anacrontab` and /etc/anacrontab.
> the find process is normal, i think its the locate database being
> rebuilt. all my debian boxes do the same thing (except at 6:25, i
> don't use anacron)
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Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
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