On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 19:32 +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote: > Is there an easy way to have updatedb run when cron tells it to but NOT > at some random DVD buffer underrun coaster making time when it was > powered off at cron time? Brute force method: disable anacron altogether (it runs as a service). It may be possible to tweak what anacron runs and what it doesn't. Have a look at man anacron, man anacrontab, and /etc/anacrontab. Best, Darren -- ===================================================================== D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx www.dzr-web.com Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) =====================================================================