Cron has many uses. I have used cron to create nightly backups, update server room temperature web pages at various intervals, generate new email ‘.signature’ files every five minutes, and syncronize files nightly via SSH over the internet. I am sure there are many more. Cron Documentation Cron documentation is not bad (not bad at [...]
This document will explain the steps required to use scp in cron. This is generally useful to do automated backups on Linux and other nix variations. 1. Generate a private/public key pair Simple command to do this: ssh-keygen -t rsa Leave the passphrase empty so that cron can use it passwordless. Just be sure nobody [...]
The previous system administrator left work hurriedly a month ago. Thus, I inherited a Red Hat Linux Enterprise server with little knowledge. There are many others who would be more apt at the task, but they refused the position. Colleagues consider it as something scary, which entails a big responsibility. They might be right at [...]
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