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Hands-On Linux System Administration [Video]

By : Jack-Benny Persson
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Book Image

Hands-On Linux System Administration [Video]

5 (1)
By: Jack-Benny Persson

Overview of this book

Have you only come into brief contact with Linux before, but now you need to set up or maintain a Linux server? Then this course is for you. With this course you'll learn how to master any Linux machine. Control and master the administration of a Linux machine, whether a workstation or a server. You'll learn how to set up services, monitor the system, perform backups, and schedule common tasks. By the end of the course you will be ready to start your career as a Linux system administrator. The code bundle for this video course is available at: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-on-Linux-System-Administration
Table of Contents (6 chapters)
Chapter 6
System Maintenance
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Section 5
Run Scheduled Tasks
Scheduling recurring tasks is an important job to automate stuff for a Linux sysadmin. In this video we will learn how to schedule a simple dummy task and learn about the cron daemon. - Introduce how the crontab works, and what all the different fields mean. - Add our very first scheduled task with the help of crontab. - Modify our crontab so that the task will now run every minute, around the clock.