Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs

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Description: Candidates should be able to use cron or anacron to run jobs at regular intervals and to use at to run jobs at a specific time.

Key Knowledge Areas


◈ Manage cron and at jobs.
◈ Configure user access to cron and at services.

Terms and Utilities


◈ /etc/cron
◈ /etc/at.deny
◈ /etc/at.allow
◈ /etc/crontab
◈ /etc/cron.allow
◈ /etc/cron.deny
◈ /var/spool/cron/*
◈ crontab
◈ at
◈ atq
◈ atrm

In the first video will look at scheduling the once-off job with at; in the second we will use cron to schedule regular tasks.


And now for a little cron…


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