> What is the correct way to set up a mirror cron job that runs daily? > This is what I have done. > Created a file /etc/cron.daily/mirror with this in it: > > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/bin/mirror /etc/mirror/packages/ftp.debian.org > > > Shouldn't this be run as a different user than root? If so how do I set it > up that way? Do I use the crontab command to do this?
Yes, just as (ordinary user) do: crontab -e and then add a line like 10 4 * * * $HOME/debian/do_mirror (this will start the cron job at 4:10 every day). where $HOME/debian/do_mirror can look like $ cat $HOME/debian/do_mirror #!/bin/bash date>> $HOME/debian/mirror_results /usr/bin/mirror $HOME/debian/mirror.defaults >> $HOME/debian/mirror_results This way you don't get email about it every day, while you still have a logfile to see what went wrong (if anything). -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1 lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/) #what's this? see http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .