Alex Finch wrote: > Two small points: > > 1) I noticed that the yum update had not run on a recenly installed 4.4 > machine. Turned out that /var/lock/subsys/yum > did not exist - don't know why, has anyone else had this experience on 4.4? > That happens if you have do a /etc/init.d/yum stop or have done a chkconfig and turned yum off. > 2) I also spotted a small error in > > /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron > > if [ utime -ge 72000] > > should be > > if [ $utime -ge 72000 ] > > > Alex Finch Nope ... just double checked on a fresh install, it is correct in that is says if [ $utime -ge 72000 ] I don't know why your's is wrong. Do a rpm -qa | grep yum-conf rpm -V yum-conf or rpm -V yum-conf-4x plus /sbin/chkconfig --list yum /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 yum on Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group __________________________________________________