updatedb : how to disable its (an)cron job ?

[Florian Diesch]

Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:

> updatedb runs once a day, I think triggered by a (ana)cron job,
> and I would love to disable it, as it always has the bad habit of
> running when I am using the machine. I do use the "locate" command, but
> so rarely, that suffering updatedb just isn't worth it.
>
> I don't see any GUI in Gnome to manage scheduled jobs (might be an idea
> for a Feisty+1 spec....), could someone explain to me how to
> "properly" (ie not changing permissions ;-) disable updatedb's job ? 

IMHO changing permissions of /etc/cron.daily/find.notslocate is the most
proper way.

   Florian
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