Always Learning wrote, On 01/28/2011 10:25 AM: > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 14:50 +0000, John Hodrien wrote: > >> All configurable via /etc/updatedb.conf if your local needs differ. > > How does one remove it ? > > yum erase updated ? > > It is not present in any CRON. > There is a new cron in town. :) It's name is anacron, and it runs beside|[in addition to] the old cron but with different config files. anacron has some neat features such as, if your box has been of for several days, then ~1 hour after it powers up any missed jobs get ran. /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron /etc/anacrontab /etc/updatedb.conf ls /etc/cron.* -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter