How to replace the init.d chef-client service with a cron

To disable chef-client from init.d (be sure you really want to do this!)

chkconfig|grep chef # this should say it's 'on' before proceeding
update-rc.d chef-client remove
chkconfig|grep chef # this should say it's 'off' now that you disabled it.

Then add something like this to your crontab:

0 */4 * * * /bin/sleep 31;  /usr/bin/chef-client &> /dev/null

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