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

[Derek Broughton]

Florian Diesch wrote:

> 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.
> 
It makes sense - if you remove it, it'll just get put back the next time you
upgrade the locate package.
-- 
derek