[luau] more service deletion issues

TB tburns at despammed.com
Wed Apr 9 16:44:02 PDT 2003


> On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 01:59:08PM -0700, TB wrote:
> >Answer is, execute "atq" as root.
> 
> Well, running atq will only list what is scheduled
to run. It
> does not tell you who or what is adding the job to
the at queue.

Can't I assume if there's nothing there that I don't
need atd? I don't plan to use it, and if I change my
mind I can always turn it back on.

> >  but I can't find any cron jobs, should I turn
> > cron off if I don't intend to use it myself?
> 
> Look in /var/spool/cron and /etc/cron* and see if
there are
> things running. I bet there are.

I think that's where I looked, wherever was mentioned
in man cron. Maybe I didn't understand what I saw
there, as I just recall seeing a lot of empty
directories.

> If this is a personal system, feel free to
experiment. I learned
> a lot more breaking a system and fixing it again
than I ever did
> reading something online.

Other people are using it, so I have to be sort of
careful.

> And did you buy the book? :)

Actually, yes, but it's still in transit.

TB



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