greetings on a simple CentOS 4 DNS server install i have the below info. crontab -l "shows nothing" pico /etc/crontab shows... SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly i have searched and looked and fiddled yet... ummm dunno... ...and i have nothing in /etc/cron.hourly or /etc/cron.d among other places yet ever hour my logfile gets touched so to speak with this stuff and i have virtually every daemon shutoff so i am trying to figure out what it is that is doing this and would sincerely appreciate any help. what did i space or forget please? Sep 11 05:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27023]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Sep 11 05:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27023]: session closed for user root Sep 11 06:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27027]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Sep 11 06:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27027]: session closed for user root Sep 11 07:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27031]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Sep 11 07:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27031]: session closed for user root Sep 11 08:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27035]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Sep 11 08:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27035]: session closed for user root im sure i am missing something really simple. tia and regards, - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computers & Internet Sales/Service www.abbacomm.net