Re: [CentOS] UC /etc/cron.d

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Reindl Harald h.reindl@thelounge.net wrote:

Am 08.12.2011 21:08, schrieb Cliff Pratt:

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It's a good idea NOT to put stuff in /etc/crontab and NOT to change the existing members of /etc/cron.d. It is a good idea NOT to change root's crontab. Any of these may get overwritten by maintenance.

/etc/crontab will NEVER get overwritten to make it clear: NEVER EVER

fedora did not overwrite any crontab from FC5 to F15 now because rpm-packages mark such configurations so the new versions get installed as .rpmnew

Which means the changes those versions would like to have made won't take effect. So it is still best to avoid editing it yourself if you can put your local jobs in one of the other possible places.