Hello, On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 02:01:40PM -0700, Steve Sobol wrote: > On 2023-08-05 13:16, Andy Smith wrote: > > 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.
[this bit not actually true, it seems!] > > What are you typing to edit root's crontab? What output do you get > > that you don't expect? > > crontab -e > > Bash tells me that the "crontab" command wasn't found. > > dpkg -l |grep cron returned nothing. I think you must be right then. In another email I mentioned that I checked a minimal install and all the system cron jobs that were installed did already have systemd timers, so they are no-ops that don't require crond. So as Greg mentioned, just install package "cron". Or you could do your root crontab entry as a systemd timer, if you'd rather not install and run crond just for that. Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
