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

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. The ...

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 ...

For the admins who are new to Linux, I want to introduce you to the cron tool. What is cron? Simply stated, cron allows you to create scheduled jobs on a Linux system. Say, for instance, you have a ...

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 ...

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 functions such ...

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 ...