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I have a production server running a scheduled task that I simply can't track down.



It seems that it is running dbdump.bash on a daily basis, but none of the cron files have a reference to that or anything running a back up!



I've tried to grep -r "dbdump.bash" / to search for the offending job, but no luck so far. The backups are large, and if not manually removed will completely fill up the hard drive.



How can I track this down? Thanks!



Update



Here's the contents of /etc/crontab:



# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
# command to install the new version when you edit this file
# and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
# that none of the other crontabs do.

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# m h dom mon dow user command
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
#


Update: Contents of /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tweaver



# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.cb6x6l/crontab installed on Tue Dec 21 20:08:50 2010)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $)
# m h dom mon dow command
5 2 * * * /home/tweaver/dbrefresh/dbdump.bash

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When a user run crontab -e to create a personal cron job a file /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> is created.



Just remove the file with the same name of user who created that cron job and you're done:



sudo rm /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tweaver

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