How do I set up a Cron job? - Ask Ubuntu I want to schedule a task to run on a regular basis and have heard that Cron is the way to do this How do I add Cron jobs in Ubuntu?
What is the correct way to edit a crontab file? - Ask Ubuntu What is the proper file to use and best way to do this? crontab -e is the best way to do it - this will allow you to easily edit per-user crontabs If I schedule a task as my non-root user, will it run by itself at the time interval as specified, with no issues? Yes, and it will run with the privileges of that user account As a principle, it is best to run scheduled tasks with the lowest
Where is the cron crontab log? - Ask Ubuntu I want to verify that my cron job is executing and at what time I believe there is a log for my sudo crontab -e jobs, but where? I searched google and found recommendations to look in var l
644 Permission needed for etc cron. allow, workaround? The resolution we found is to change the group of the cron allow file to the crontab group and then adding the relevant users to that group: Ensure that the crontab group exists grep crontab etc group) # should return crontab:x:105 and possibly a list of users Change group of the cron allow and set read permission: sudo chgrp crontab etc cron allow sudo chmod 0640 etc cron allow Add users
How to set up a root cron job properly - Ask Ubuntu I tried to set up a root cron job to run a Bash script as root, to run at minute 7,37, every hour, every day of month, every month This script is located in usr bin and named tunlrupdate sh It u
upgrade - Failed update to 24. 04 - Ask Ubuntu Rebooted, it seems like system tells me I'm on 24 04 1 LTS, background changed to black crown (I assume this is 24 04 1 LTS style?) When I go to "software upgrade" GUI now, it tells me "not all updates can be installed", I have an option to "run a partial upgrade" unfortunately it fails telling me: "Can not upgrade An upgrade from 'noble' to
List of Ubuntu Versions with Corresponding Linux Kernel Version Is there a list of Ubuntu versions with default corresponding Linux kernel versions somewhere? I would specifically like to know the most recent version of Ubuntu that still used Linux Kernel 2 x
What is the default root password? - Ask Ubuntu By default, the root account is accessed by sudo For a complete discussion in the topic, and information for how to set a root password, see: RootSudo - Community Ubuntu Documentation With that said, it is extremely unlikely you need to set a root password, I advise you use sudo -i Or for graphical applications, use gksu gksu nautilus