Anacron Jobs on a CentOS 7 Server
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@matteo-nunziati said in Anacron Jobs on a CentOS 7 Server:
I find the folders really useful to collect script I want to run at given time deltas (e.g. backups...) I'm not used to set a crontab line for each job, as I tend to collect jobs on daily or weekly intervals.
It is a non issue but still a strange default.I feel the opposite, Ubuntu seems strange to have two systems that overlap. Why would they do that? Seems very silly. You already have places for things, why have two of them?
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sorry I've badly worded it.
In ubuntu/debian they per default schedule cron.{daily,weekly,monthly} in crontab and they run at specific days/weeks.
anacron is not there. you have to install it. it is not the default, and jumps in only if you install it!utente@debian:/etc$ cat crontab
#/etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
#Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
#command to install the new version when you edit this file
#and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
#that none of the other crontabs do.SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin#m h dom mon dow user command
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )by default debian is deterministic while centos is fuzzy. while in either case the distro default makes your scripts run, their approach is different.
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I see what you mean, that makes more sense then.
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@scottalanmiller said in Anacron Jobs on a CentOS 7 Server:
I see what you mean, that makes more sense then.
That Debian setup is designed to crash update servers. Example. Every Debian system on the planet at 5 o'clock on Friday is going to go try to f***ing update.
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Real example, I use Yum-cron.
Because of the fuzziness I don't wake up every Tuesday morning to 50 emails stating servers of updated -
@JaredBusch well never considered the workload on servers. I don't know how they manage it! maybe not so many use unattended upgraqdes in debian.
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@JaredBusch that's exactly the opposite for me: I prefer a billion of mails to check altogether rather that fuzziness.
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@matteo-nunziati said in Anacron Jobs on a CentOS 7 Server:
@JaredBusch well never considered the workload on servers. I don't know how they manage it! maybe not so many use unattended upgraqdes in debian.
I definitely feel like Ubuntu users don't keep their systems as up to date
