Hello, On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 12:53:08PM -0700, Steve Sobol wrote: > Part of my standard procedure for setting up new VMs involves editing root's > crontab. > > But cron isn't installed.
Seems unlikely. There are system cron jobs that are not yet converted to systemd timers. A bookworm install I did just yesterday has cron jobs in /etc/cron.d/ that require the "cron" package. What are you typing to edit root's crontab? What output do you get that you don't expect? Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting "What should one say after making love? ``Thank you'' seems too much. ``I'm sorry'' - somehow not enough." — The League Against Tedium