[CentOS] Missing /etc/log/rpmpkgs
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Mon Dec 8 19:16:02 UTC 2008
Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Monday 08 December 2008 18:27:42 Ralph Angenendt wrote:
>
>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Ralph Angenendt wrote:
>>>
>>>> That one is updated via /etc/cron.daily/rpm, which belongs to the
>>>> rpm package. So if you do have rpm installed, you should have a) the
>>>> cron job and b) the log file.
>>>>
>>> I see...
>>>
>>> Well, rpm is on the system. /etc/cron.daily/rpm exists but no
>>> /var/log/rpmpkgs
>>>
>>> Does the system have to be one at some time during the night to run the
>>> daily crons?
>>>
>> Yes. See /etc/crontab
>>
>>
> Which is why many of us install anacron from day 1. It checks to see whether
> the housekeeping has been done at the required time, and if it hasn't it does
> it.
More now understood.
Thanks Anne.
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