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 ...

I have a few custom cron jobs running hourly on my Debian server. Every time a job executes I get an email addressed to root. I have a mail rule which filters out these specific emails but still lets ...

because i am a newbie in linux i have understand how to run a cron job but i have never tried to copy files from one linux box to another like file sharing in windows. <BR><BR>how can i do that any ...

"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 ...