I am getting /tmp/yum_save_tx.2017-12..... files in /tmp one every hour. What process is making these files ??? I have stopped PackageKit so its not running. I am running CentOS 7.4. With GNOME desktop. Thanks Jerry
On Wed, 2017-12-06 at 08:54 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:> I am getting /tmp/yum_save_tx.2017-12..... files in /tmp one every hour. > What process is making these files ??? > I have stopped PackageKit so its not running. > > I am running CentOS 7.4. With GNOME desktop. Thanks >Probably yum-cron - the default setup for that runs yum through cron hourly and daily. P.
Ok so I looked for yum in cron and did not find it. cd /etc # grep yum cron* grep: cron.d: Is a directory grep: cron.daily: Is a directory grep: cron.hourly: Is a directory grep: cron.monthly: Is a directory grep: cron.weekly: Is a directory # grep yum cron*/* and the files: ls -lR cron.* -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 5 Jan 25 2016 cron.allow -rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 3 11:33 cron.deny cron.d: total 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Aug 3 11:33 0hourly -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 108 Jun 13 10:08 raid-check -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 459 Jun 24 2015 sa-update -rw------- 1 root root 235 Aug 3 05:30 sysstat cron.daily: total 12 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2239 Jun 9 2014 certwatch -rwx------ 1 root root 219 Aug 1 21:12 logrotate -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 618 Mar 17 2014 man-db.cron cron.hourly: total 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 392 Aug 3 11:33 0anacron cron.monthly: total 0 cron.weekly: total 0 Thoughts? Thanks, Jerry
On 06/12/17 20:25, Jerry Geis wrote:> Ok so I looked for yum in cron and did not find it. > > cd /etc > # grep yum cron* > > grep: cron.d: Is a directory > grep: cron.daily: Is a directory > grep: cron.hourly: Is a directory > grep: cron.monthly: Is a directory > grep: cron.weekly: Is a directory > > # grep yum cron*/* > > and the files: > ls -lR cron.* > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 5 Jan 25 2016 cron.allow > -rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 3 11:33 cron.deny > > cron.d: > total 16 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Aug 3 11:33 0hourly > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 108 Jun 13 10:08 raid-check > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 459 Jun 24 2015 sa-update > -rw------- 1 root root 235 Aug 3 05:30 sysstat > > cron.daily: > total 12 > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 2239 Jun 9 2014 certwatch > -rwx------ 1 root root 219 Aug 1 21:12 logrotate > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 618 Mar 17 2014 man-db.cron > > cron.hourly: > total 4 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 392 Aug 3 11:33 0anacron > > cron.monthly: > total 0 > > cron.weekly: > total 0 > > > Thoughts? Thanks, > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >Remember that it could be in the original crontabs located in /var/spool/cron -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20171206/e7e3de0d/attachment-0001.sig>