LPI Linux Certification/Automate System Administration Tasks By Scheduling Jobs

Detailed Objectives
(LPIC-1 Version 5.0)

Weight: 4

Description: Candidates should be able to use cron and systemd timers to run jobs at regular intervals and to use at to run jobs at a specific time.

Key Knowledge Areas:
 * Manage cron and at jobs.
 * Configure user access to cron and at services.
 * Understand systemd timer units.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities: