Re: cron directory temporaries
Nick Edwards <[email protected]>
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On 11/25/12, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Does anyone know why /var/spool/cron is full of temporary >> directories, shouldn't crontab >> remove them once it puts the new crontab in place? >> >> cron.0nnc7N/ cron.8B2aUC/ cron.DQpQ2a/ cron.OCZcH6/ cron.W4dMdx/ >> cron.hz6xGv/ cron.vP6O9K/ >> cron.1GO7he/ cron.8b5o2U/ cron.DUMBHe/ cron.QDdO5F/ cron.aWLMXw/ >> cron.jdqviV/ cron.vddmmS/ >> cron.2vSGGX/ cron.AoUk2o/ cron.GmWOCm/ cron.RFEIP3/ cron.cRYUFe/ >> cron.ko2PY1/ cron.vtqoiY/ >> cron.6BUOO1/ cron.C4QbYY/ cron.GuKoU1/ cron.RepgN9/ cron.deMeGB/ >> cron.rhok8E/ cron.x71Bte/ >> cron.6R2YlJ/ cron.CGotPU/ cron.JLo8dt/ cron.SShuzQ/ cron.fixTw7/ >> cron.rnU9sm/ crontabs/ >> >> >> The directories are actually empty, and the only user on the server is >> root, so surely it can't be a permissions issue >> >> eg: >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 20:55 cron.AoUk2o/ >> >> Any suggestions muchly appreciated. > > The crontab for each user is located in /var/spool/cron/crontabs > > HUH? I know that, and it's not what I asked.