Re: Cron examples?
Well, in the (distant) past, I used to occasionally use cron to create a
su account with root priveleges in the middle of the night, and then to
kill it again 5 minutes later. That wasn't on my own system, though...
:) Oh, I suppose you're going to tell me that's not what you're looking
for, huh?
Point is, you can use it for anything that needs automating, or that you
can script, as I understand things. I'm not totally certain about
current cron versions, but in "the old days", the reason cron could
create a superuser account was because cron runs (or ran) as root. That
kinda removes restrictions on what you can do with it.
Script away, whatever you like. Then cron it, take a nap, and let linux
burn the midnight oil...
Mac.
James R. Lunsford wrote:
>
> What are some of the things that you are using cron to do? I used
> to use a similar DOS based program, same name, eons ago when I ran
> a BBS. In the middle of the night I had it start up and run
> maintenence for the online games, delete old local e-mail
> messages, get/sort/unpack FidoNet mail for the BBS, and assorted
> other things.
>
> I'm just wondering, as a Linux/Debian newbie some of the things
> that cron can do on my system. I'm drawing a blank right now so
> maybe if I hear from some others how, and what they use cron it'll
> spark something.
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