Running job at startup (boot) You need to use special string called @reboot. It will run once, at startup after reboot command.
@reboot /path/to/job @reboot /path/to/shell.script @reboot /path/to/command This is an easy way to give your users the ability to run a shell script or command at boot time without root access. First, run crontab command: $ crontab -e OR # crontab -e -u UserName # crontab -e -u vivek Run a script called /home/vivek/bin/installnetkit.sh @reboot /home/vivek/bin/installnetkit.sh You also need to enable crond service via sys v / BSD init style system. Under RHEL / CentOS / Fedora, you need to use chkconfig (ntsysv) command to enable crond on boot: # chekconfg crond on
