Re: nobody is running find at too high a priority
jim (jim@home.com) wrote:
: I don't know debian well enough to know which process is running
: find at 7AM in the morning, but, I suspect it is rebuilding the
: locate database. The problem is that it is being run at normal
: priority which REALLY puts a dent in performance. I would suggest
: that any jobs which are rebuilding databases as nobody should be
: automatically niced to something that will allow X-windows to
: work concurrently.
Right, it's the rebuilding of the locate database. The script that
does this is /etc/cron.daily/find.
Another alternative is to change the time the /etc/cron.daily scripts
are run. Just edit /etc/crontab to do this.
Regards,
E.-
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