Scheduling Processes in Solaris 8
prstat command
crontab command
All crontab files are maintained in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/username(s)
crontab file format
minutes(0-59) hour(0-23) day-of-month(1-31) month(1-12) day-of-week(0-6) command-to-be-run by cron
An asterik "*" is used to indicate "all"
View root crontab file:
# crontab -l
any regular user's crontab file:
# crontab -l username
Editing crontab:
# EDITOR=vi
# export EDITOR
# crontab -e
Removing crontab:
# crontab -r username
Executing Job at specified times:
See at command
at command access:
By default Solaris includes /etc/cron.d/at.deny
This file identifies prohibited users
File format is one username per line
If /etc/cron.d/at.deny exists but is empty, then all users can use at command
root may create /etc/cron.d/at.allow to list users who are allowed
allow is read first, and deny always overrides allow
If neither file exists, then root is only user allowed to run at commands
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