It will probably be controlled in the cron.daily file/folder. I think it is
located in /etc/cron, but don't quote me on that.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:35 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH9 Froze! - Advice Please



* and then Michael Schwendt declared....
> > Well, RH9 pretty much froze. It sounded like it was doing 'updatedb' but
> > it went on for a couple of hours without me being able to move the mouse
> > or use the keyboard: Completly stuck.
> > 
> > So, I had to turn the machine off manually: Not an ideal solution.
> > 
> > *   How can find out what it was doing? (sure it was updatedb though)
> > *   And, where can I stop updatedb from running daily
> > *   Is there anything else I should do now?
> > 
> > I really don't know where to begin so some pointers and advice would be
> > very much appreciated....
> 
> Examine the log files, /var/log/messages

Thanks! - Do you know where I can stop updatedb running /daily/?

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