I am looking around for some advice here. I have been asked to make a script that automatically creates a user, home directory, sets the shell to nologin, downloads a tar of scripts, installs said ...

Cron gets a restricted user environment. Paths are default, there aren't any user defined env values. So you can either make a file with env variables needed and have it sourced at the start of script ...

Do you have some apps that you want to keep running all the time? If so, and if you're not afraid of the Terminal or the command line, I have a script for you. When I come home at the end of the day, ...

Using insecure protocols leaves your data and connected machines vulnerable to attack. Remote server management requirements demand that security be given a top priority. This article explains my ...

Cron processes, or "cron jobs," may be used to start and stop applications within a Linux or Unix operating system. You can create cron jobs to perform functions such ...

I used to think automation required a pile of services and a dashboard I’d pretend to check daily. Then I set up a Raspberry Pi to run a few cron jobs and realized that most of what I wanted was ...