> On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 01:59:08PM -0700, TB wrote: > >Answer is, execute "atq" as root. > > Well, running atq will only list what is scheduled to run. It > does not tell you who or what is adding the job to the at queue.
Can't I assume if there's nothing there that I don't need atd? I don't plan to use it, and if I change my mind I can always turn it back on. > > but I can't find any cron jobs, should I turn > > cron off if I don't intend to use it myself? > > Look in /var/spool/cron and /etc/cron* and see if there are > things running. I bet there are. I think that's where I looked, wherever was mentioned in man cron. Maybe I didn't understand what I saw there, as I just recall seeing a lot of empty directories. > If this is a personal system, feel free to experiment. I learned > a lot more breaking a system and fixing it again than I ever did > reading something online. Other people are using it, so I have to be sort of careful. > And did you buy the book? :) Actually, yes, but it's still in transit. TB