Ok, I've always had a bit of a beef with creating cron jobs.I write a shell script, I test it, it works, I tell cron to run it, it doesn't work....Most of the time the issue is related to ...

I am looking around for some advice here. I have been asked to make a script that automatically creates a user, home directory, sets the shell to nologin, downloads a tar of scripts, installs said ...

So, edit your cron tab with: user@LJ $: crontab -e My script is called "xkcd", and my crontab entry looks like this: @reboot /bin/bash /home/user/xkcd This will run the script (located at ...

A cryptomining dropper malware has been spotted by security researchers while gaining persistence on Linux hosts by adding cron jobs to reinfect the compromised machines after being removed.

Using insecure protocols leaves your data and connected machines vulnerable to attack. Remote server management requirements demand that security be given a top priority. This article explains my ...

Continuing with his Linux 101 series, Jack Wallen introduces you to the basics of task scheduling with cron.

How to Monitor the Cron Script Process. Cron processes, or "cron jobs," may be used to start and stop applications within a Linux or Unix operating system. You can create cron jobs to perform ...

Here is how I back up my Linux laptop to make sure I don't lose anything important. Before I worried about exactly how I was ...