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LPI Linux Certification/Automate System Administration Tasks By Scheduling Jobs
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Detailed Objectives
(LPIC-1 Version 5.0)
Weight: 4
Description:
Candidates should be able to use cron and systemd timers to run jobs at regular intervals and to use at to run jobs at a specific time.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Manage cron and at jobs.
Configure user access to cron and at services.
Understand systemd timer units.
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
/etc/cron.{d,daily,hourly,monthly,weekly}/
/etc/at.deny
/etc/at.allow
/etc/crontab
/etc/cron.allow
/etc/cron.deny
/var/spool/cron/
crontab
at
atq
atrm
systemctl
systemd-run
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