Hello Matt,
On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:14:53 -0500 Matt <matt.mailinglists at gmail.com>
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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