Oct 1 13:17:01 tilaprimera /USR/SBIN/CRON[5710]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
1 Answer
There is a background task scheduler named cron
that runs tasks at specific times.
The log entry you see in syslog
is the cron daemon running its hourly tasks.
run-parts
is a utility to run executables in a directory. Hence
run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
runs all executable files in the directory /etc/cron.hourly
Take a look at /etc/crontab
. There is an entry
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
telling to run the command in question at 17 minutes past every hour.
For more details see the man-page of run-parts
and crontab
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Is this a legit cron kept by the system ? Can I disable it or something? Oct 1, 2015 at 15:20
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@tilaprimera Yes, perfectly legit. Of course you could disable it by commenting out the line in
crontab
, but I see no reason why. Nothing is run now anyways and chances are some service might need the hourly cronjobs in the future.– NephenteOct 1, 2015 at 15:44