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03-05-2007, 09:25 PM	#1
bytez LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2006 Location: USA Distribution: CentOS 4.5 Posts: 27 Rep:	/etc/cron.d and /etc/cron.daily What are the differences between them? I noticed that the files inside /etc/cron.d are not in 755 mode.

03-06-2007, 03:16 AM	#2
reddazz LQ Guru Registered: Nov 2003 Location: N. E. England Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian Posts: 16,298 Rep:	Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux General and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

03-06-2007, 03:21 AM	#3
reddazz LQ Guru Registered: Nov 2003 Location: N. E. England Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian Posts: 16,298 Rep:	This article may help answer your questions.

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