[CentOS] Cron

[wwp]

Hello Matt,


On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:14:53 -0500 Matt <matt.mailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you need cron installed for the files in /etc/cron.daily/ to
> execute?  Did a Centos 6.x minimal openvz install and noticed cron is
> not installed by default and after installing mlocate cant help but
> wander if it will be updated without it.

For this you need cronie (the cron daemon) and crontabs (user bindings,
including root), see `yum info`:

Installed Packages
Name        : cronie
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 1.4.4
Release     : 12.el6
Size        : 174 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : base
Summary     : Cron daemon for executing programs at set times
URL         : https://fedorahosted.org/cronie
License     : MIT and BSD and ISC and GPLv2
Description : Cronie contains the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs specified programs at
            : scheduled times and related tools. It is a fork of the original vixie-cron and
            : has security and configuration enhancements like the ability to use pam and
            : SELinux.

Name        : crontabs
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 1.10
Release     : 33.el6
Size        : 2.4 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Summary     : Root crontab files used to schedule the execution of programs
License     : Public Domain and GPLv2
Description : The crontabs package contains root crontab files and directories.
            : You will need to install cron daemon to run the jobs from the crontabs.
            : The cron daemon such as cronie or fcron checks the crontab files to
            : see when particular commands are scheduled to be executed.  If commands
            : are scheduled, it executes them.
            :
            : Crontabs handles a basic system function, so it should be installed on
            : your system.


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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