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Nick wrote: |
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> Hi there, |
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> I'm planning to set my mother up with a very simple gentoo box, with |
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> only what she needs etc. |
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> Ideally it should require almost no interaction from me, and just |
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> keep itself working and secure. |
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> So, I'm planning to run "sudo emerge --sync" and "sudo glsa-check -f |
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> new" from a cron job, perhaps once a week. |
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> I can set up the sudoers part all fine, but is there anything I |
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> should watch out for / consider when running these maintenance tools |
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> from a cron job? |
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> Thanks, |
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> -Nick |
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I think cron can run jobs as root. |
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--Joshua Doll |
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