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 ...

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I want to know how I can create a crontab when I add a (new) user to a box, similar to what happens whith the contents of '/etc/skel/'. This will be on Redhatish servers, and for regular shell users.

"It is certainly a tool that every system administrator should be aware of and use to automate mundane routine tasks such as backups and taking applications offline." It's common to need an action ...