On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 11:04:18AM -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > So around midnight I am seeing a burst of activity, which sometimes > interferes with whatever else I happen to be doing at the time. Looking at > the process list, I see the above-referenced come and go. I didn't want > this, and it's not apparent to me how to deal with it. > > How do I find out where this is invoked, so I can get rid of it? > You can uninstall the mlocate package. Or, you can edit /etc/cron.daily/mlocate and comment out the cron entry. That would leave the package installed, but you would need to keep the database updated manually.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez