-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, This is what appears in the /var/log/messages log when a trivial crom job runs: <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:01 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Created slice User Slice of UID 9. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:01 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Starting User Runtime Directory /run/user/9... <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:01 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Started Timeline of Snapper Snapshots. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:01 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Started User Runtime Directory /run/user/9. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:01 minas-tirith dbus-daemon 1447 - - [system] Activating service name='org.opensuse.Snapper' requested by ':1.291' (uid=0 pid=27711 comm="/usr/lib/snapper/systemd-helper --timeline ") (using servicehelper) <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:01 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Starting User Manager for UID 9... <10.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:01 minas-tirith systemd - - - pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user news by (uid=0) <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:02 minas-tirith dbus-daemon 1447 - - [system] Successfully activated service 'org.opensuse.Snapper' <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:02 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Starting D-Bus User Message Bus Socket. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:02 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Listening on Sound System. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:02 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Listening on Multimedia System. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:02 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Listening on D-Bus User Message Bus Socket. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:02 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Started User Manager for UID 9. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:02 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Started Session 18 of user news. <10.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:02 minas-tirith cron 27675 - - pam_unix(crond:session): session opened for user news by (uid=0) <10.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:04 minas-tirith CRON 27675 - - pam_unix(crond:session): session closed for user news <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - user-runtime-dir@9.service: Unit not needed anymore. Stopping. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Stopping User Manager for UID 9... <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Closed Sound System. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Closed Multimedia System. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Closed D-Bus User Message Bus Socket. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Reached target Shutdown. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Starting Exit the Session... <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 27713 - - Received SIGRTMIN+24 from PID 27726 (kill). <10.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd - - - pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user news <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - user-runtime-dir@9.service: Unit not needed anymore. Stopping. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Stopped User Manager for UID 9. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - user-runtime-dir@9.service: Unit not needed anymore. Stopping. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - user-9.slice: Unit not needed anymore. Stopping. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Stopping User Runtime Directory /run/user/9... <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Stopped User Runtime Directory /run/user/9. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - user-9.slice: Unit not needed anymore. Stopping. <3.6> 2021-08-15 02:00:14 minas-tirith systemd 1 - - Removed slice User Slice of UID 9. The cronjob line (in /etc/crontab): - -*/5 * * * * news /usr/local/bin/getnews.cronjob In the past, the "-" kept the log silent, but since the advent of systemd that went out of the window. Is there some way to reduce that to nothing, or at least one or two lines? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE Leap 15.2 x86_64 (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iJIEAREIADoWIQQt/vKEw5659AgM/X2NrxRtxRYzXAUCYRhkORwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJEI2vFG3FFjNcsuMA/0/F7Og7fRxps0iljGpg /f2h1Pw8SMIzmF2EHbzBUTEkAP9zBPWOJ2UKr855CudHtBrBPJbdLFMEjoJTNJ+5 xUX4JA== =qHZ8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----