Root crontab no system maintenance scripts
Server: HP DL380, Redhat 4 update 6 (download from linux.oracle.com)
Today I checked crontab and noticed that there are no system maintenance scripts running under root, to e.g. rotate log files, etc. Is this normal, any suggestions please?
Best regards
Check the directories below. Linux cron has directories for hourly, daily, weekly and monthly root scripts where you can drop scripts that you want to run periodically. This is handy if you do not want to maintain a root crontab file.
ll /etc |grep cron
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 329 Sep 28 2004 anacrontab
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 27 15:37 cron.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 7 16:08 cron.daily
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 12 2007 cron.deny
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 20 2004 cron.hourly
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 12 2007 cron.monthly
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Sep 20 2004 crontab
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 28 2007 cron.weekly
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I would uninstall the program, but I've tried searching for the files that the readme says to delete, and I am unable to find them (using the Finder and EasyFind). I am not sure if the program has now replaced Tiger maintenance, and if I delete anacron then the Tiger scripts won't run anymore. Can someone provide me with a way to safely uninstall the program and ensure that the scripts will still run? Thank you.Hi Louis
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2. Keep your software up to date. In the App Store or Software Update preference pane (depending on the OS version), you can configure automatic notifications of updates to OS X and other Mac App Store products. Some third-party applications from other sources have a similar feature, if you don’t mind letting them phone home. Otherwise you have to check yourself on a regular basis.
Keeping up to date is especially important for complex software that modifies the operating system, such as device drivers. Before installing any Apple update, you must check that all such modifications that you use are compatible. Incompatibility with third-party software is by far the most common cause of trouble with system updates.
3. Don't install crapware, such as “themes,” "haxies," “add-ons,” “toolbars,” “enhancers," “optimizers,” “accelerators,” "boosters," “extenders,” “cleaners,” "doctors," "tune-ups," “defragmenters,” “firewalls,” "barriers," “guardians,” “defenders,” “protectors,” most “plugins,” commercial "virus scanners,” "disk tools," or "utilities." With very few exceptions, such stuff is useless or worse than useless. Above all, avoid any software that purports to change the look and feel of the user interface.
It's not much of an exaggeration to say that the whole "utility" software industry for the Mac is a fraud on consumers. The most extreme examples are the "CleanMyMac" and “MacKeeper” scams, but there are many others.
As a rule, the only software you should install is that which directly enables you to do the things you use a computer for, and doesn't change the way other software works.
Safari extensions, and perhaps the equivalent for other web browsers, are a partial exception to the above rule. Most are safe, and they're easy to get rid of if they don't work. Some may cause the browser to crash or otherwise malfunction. Some are malicious. Use with caution, and install only well-known extensions from relatively trustworthy sources, such as the Safari Extensions Gallery.
Never install any third-party software unless you know how to uninstall it. Otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve. Do not rely on "utilities" such as "AppCleaner" and the like that purport to remove software.
4. Don't install bad, conflicting, or unnecessary fonts. Whenever you install new fonts, use the validation feature of the built-in Font Book application to make sure the fonts aren't defective and don't conflict with each other or with others that you already have. See the built-in help and this support article for instructions. Deactivate or remove fonts that you don't really need to speed up application launching.
5. Avoid malware. Malware is malicious software that circulates on the Internet. This kind of attack on OS X was once so rare that it was hardly a concern, but malware is now increasingly common, and increasingly dangerous.
There is some built-in protection against downloading malware, but you can’t rely on it—the attackers are always at least one day ahead of the defense. You can’t rely on third-party protection either. What you can rely on is common-sense awareness—not paranoia, which only makes you more vulnerable.
Never install software from an untrustworthy or unknown source. If in doubt, do some research. Any website that prompts you to install a “codec” or “plugin” that comes from the same site, or an unknown site, is untrustworthy. Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, must come directly from the developer's website. No intermediary is acceptable, and don’t trust links unless you know how to parse them. Any file that is automatically downloaded from the web, without your having requested it, should go straight into the Trash. A web page that tells you that your computer has a “virus,” or that anything else is wrong with it, is a scam.
In OS X 10.7.5 or later, downloaded applications and Installer packages that have not been digitally signed by a developer registered with Apple are blocked from loading by default. The block can be overridden, but think carefully before you do so.
Because of recurring security issues in Java, it’s best to disable it in your web browsers, if it’s installed. Few websites have Java content nowadays, so you won’t be missing much. This action is mandatory if you’re running any version of OS X older than 10.6.8 with the latest Java update. Note: Java has nothing to do with JavaScript, despite the similar names. Don't install Java unless you're sure you need it. Most people don't.
6. Don't fill up your disk/SSD. A common mistake is adding more and more large files to your home folder until you start to get warnings that you're out of space, which may be followed in short order by a startup failure. This is more prone to happen on the newer Macs that come with an internal SSD instead of the traditional hard drive. The drive can be very nearly full before you become aware of the problem.
While it's not true that you should or must keep any particular percentage of space free, you should monitor your storage use and make sure you're not in immediate danger of using it up. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of free space on the startup volume for normal operation.
If storage space is running low, use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the most space. Move seldom-used large files to secondary storage.
7. Relax, don’t do it. Besides the above, no routine maintenance is necessary or beneficial for the vast majority of users; specifically not “cleaning caches,” “zapping the PRAM,” "resetting the SMC," “rebuilding the directory,” "defragmenting the drive," “running periodic scripts,” “dumping logs,” "deleting temp files," “scanning for viruses,” "purging memory," "checking for bad blocks," "testing the hardware," or “repairing permissions.” Such measures are either completely pointless or are useful only for solving problems, not for prevention.
To use a Mac effectively, you have to free yourself from the Windows mindset that every computer needs regular downtime maintenance such as "defragging" and "registry cleaning." Those concepts do not apply to the Mac platform. A well-made computing device is not something you should have to think about much. It should be an almost transparent medium through which you communicate, work, and play. If you want a machine that needs a lot of attention, use a PC.
The very height of futility is running an expensive third-party application called “Disk Warrior” when nothing is wrong, or even when something is wrong and you have backups, which you must have. Disk Warrior is a data-salvage tool, not a maintenance tool, and you will never need it if your backups are adequate. Don’t waste money on it or anything like it. -
Automated system maintenance timing
iMac early 2008, 2GB RAM, 2.8GHz processor, HD 320 GB total, 225GB available, OS 10.6.8
Whilst researching various causes for a Mac running slowly, I came across the statement that automated system maintenance procedures are scheduled by default to occur in "the early morning" hours, provided that the computer is running 24/7. If I were to leave my computer on, it would go into sleep mode, as would I, during these early morning hours (assuming this to mean 1am etc.). Do the automated processes indeed occur in the 1am range and if so, will they happen if the computer is in sleep mode?Sorry that you feel that precision is not required in dealing with a modern
operating system, and that the obsolete answer appears to fit your ideas
on how to maintain a Mavericks system when compared to an older one.
On more than one occasion, advice has been suggested without bearing.
So be it with your interest in getting an answer that fits Mavericks 10.9
since the factors that did change for this new system, are not addressed
by the reply you sought to include as a correct response.
And, I also gave you a bonus tip on a historically correct (to Mavericks)
source of content that can be used with Mavericks for issues of a slow mac.
Too bad I wasted some time and research, on your behalf. If I weren't
working for free, I'd bill you double, and offer you to try a retail product.
Your understanding of an answer has not been helpful to a resolution.
However it does appear you did not read the link that supports my point:
This is current to Mavericks, cited by Pondini as of now:
On Snow Leopard 10.6.x and Later, if your Mac is powered-on but sleeping
during those hours, the scripts will run shortly after it awakes.
If you do not want current information on OS X 10.9.5, why ask and
accept info that was OK prior to Lion 10.7.5 & think that's current??
Is english your first language? I can try google translate if it helps...
Good luck and happy computing! -
Maintenance Scripts?? MacJanitor?
On my G4 iBook running 10.3 I found and used an app called Macjanitor.
Here is the blurb from their site.
Freeware utility to run the system's daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance scripts.
These scripts are normally run between 3am and 5am, and will not be run if you shut off your Mac at night. This can allow log files to grow very large, and prevent system databases from getting backed up.
With MacJanitor, you can run these scripts 'by hand' periodically without having to use the Terminal to keep your Mac OS X machine in top racing form.
Excellent for laptop users and others who shut off or put their Macs to sleep at night.
Supposedly normal set maintenance scripts in OS X are set to run around 3-5am (not sure where you see this) but they will only run if the system is on (of course) and Not asleep. Well I can guarantee my system is alseep as that time !!
I also stumbled across someone commenting on how useless MacJanitor was because they use something called Aancron http://members.cox.net/18james/anacron-tiger.html
Blurb from their site
Anacron runs the periodic daily, weekly and monthly tasks on your Mac even if the machine (a laptop, for example) spends much of its time asleep or switched-off. Anacron silently checks when you reboot and every sixty minutes while the computer is running to see if the various periodic scripts are overdue, and runs them if necessary. The advantage of Anacron over many other solutions to this issue is that it runs as a proper Unix background process, requires no user intervention, and uses the regular periodic scripts, including local additions or modifications.
Sounds like a better solution, but I curious to what others due for running these maintenance scripts?
Has anyone used either of these 2 programs under 10.4?
Opinions and experiences please.Yes, I use OnyX because it runs them at times I have scheduled it to do so. 10.4.0 or later runs them automatically, if the computer is on and idle at 1AM, which isn't normal for many people so running them with an app can be good if you leave your machine running for days or weeks at a time. That said if you shut down your machine down every night there is no need to because the tasks will be run at boot each morning.
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Where can I find more information about OSB's maintenance scripts? Specifically, what is responsible for rotation and cleanup of old files under /usr/local/oracle/backup/admin/history/host/ on the OSB server?
I have files under /usr/local/oracle/backup/admin/history/host/<hostname>/<date>.<hostname>.0.saved that are from more than 7 months ago. Under OSB's policies, we have the "Log retain time" and "Transcript retain time" set to 14 days (default is 7 days), and the "Job retain time" set to 21 days (default is 30 days). Do any of those retention policy settings impact the cleanup of the above mentioned files? It seems they do not, as the files located there that are 7+ months old are quite past that retention and have not been cleaned up.
Are the files under /usr/local/oracle/backup/admin/history/host/ maintained by OSB internally, or are those files and directories something that I as the system admin should be cleaning via a cronjob?
OSB version 10.4.0.2.0That Mac sets up I-net connection not only in the night.
The logs of router controlling the lan where the Mac is physically present show for some day
a setup of nearly 8 I-net connections between 9 and 18 o'clock.
Again it must have been the Mac because the WiFi access point was shut down in that time
and the only other client with Ethernet connection was also shut down at that time. -
Do I need maintenance scripts ?
I am using Macaroni which runs Unix maintenance script every time I start the computer. At night the cpmputer is shut off. Do I really need to run these scripts with Snow Leopard ?
I know people have weighed in on this before.
sudo periodic all
that is all and no I don't leave mine on, or run them daily, in fact hardly at all. But I do other things to keep the system in top shape.
as long as the utility is certified compatible, you are fine. I think Onyx, SL Cache Cleaner and others can also automatically schedule cron to run next time, I just don't do anything automatic.
Every time you start? or once a day? some scripts are only weekly and monthly anyway.
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