From: Green, Simon (SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM)
Date: Thu Sep 19 2002 - 09:39:26 EDT
I was actually thinking it would be useful in your sort of environment,
(by the sound of it).
If you've got just one administrator, then it doesn't matter what he/she
does because they'll know. Where this sort of technique might be useful
is when you have several administrators, especially if you can't rely on
them checking documentation for updates before doing anything. (Which
could be because they're inexperienced/incompetent, or because they're
experienced and cocky.)
Somebody who is unfamiliar with things, looking in crontab to see if
anything is scheduled for a Tuesday evening will see a script, and assume
that it runs _every_ Tuesday.
Simon Green
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Harvey [mailto:BruceH@ROUTESCAPE.COM]
> Sent: 19 September 2002 14:23
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Question about crontab
>
>
> I suppose the comfort level depends on who and how many (and
> at what level)
> have their hands in the system files. In my environment, I
> don't dare make
> things too complex, sad to say, in crontab and elsewhere ...
> scripts are the
> only safe location for some of these routines. With trust
> and competence,
> however, I agree with you.
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