Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

A cryptomining dropper malware has been spotted by security researchers while gaining persistence on Linux hosts by adding cron jobs to reinfect the compromised machines after being removed. The ...

I think I've bitten off more than I can chew here... hence the reason I'm all up in Ars instead of on my box coding.<br><br>I'm trying to go to an FTP site via a cron job and have it download the ...

"It is certainly a tool that every system administrator should be aware of and use to automate mundane routine tasks such as backups and taking applications offline." It's common to need an action ...

Cron is nice and all, but don't forget about its cousin at. When I first started using Linux, it was like being tossed into the deep end of the UNIX pool. You were expected to use the command line ...