3. Poblaciones de lapas, burgados y cañadillas en el Archipiélago Canario
3.4 Abundancia y talla: efectos del marisqueo incontrolado
Note: The time used in the cron files can be adjusted as required to see the desired output.
1. Verify that the Sol11-Server1 and Sol11-Desktop virtual machines are running. If the virtual machines are not running, start them now.
2. Log in to the Sol11-Desktop virtual machine as the oracle user. Use oracle1 as the password.
3. Right-click the desktop background and open a terminal window. In the terminal window, run the su - command to assume administrator privileges.
oracle@s11-desktop:~$ su - Password:
Oracle Corporation SunOS 5.11 11.0 November 2011 root@s11-desktop:~#
4. Before you start working with the crontab files, you must set the editor variable to vi. root@s11-desktop:~# EDITOR=vi
root@s11-desktop:~# export EDITOR
5. Using the crontab -l command, display the contents of the administrator’s cron file.
root@s11-desktop:~# crontab -l #ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI" #
# Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. # Use is subject to license terms.
# # # #
# The root crontab should be used to perform accounting data collection #
#
10 3 * * * /usr/sbin/logadm
15 3 * * 0 [ -x /usr/lib/fs/nfs/nfsfind ] && /usr/lib/fs/nfs/nfsfind 30 3 * * * [ -x /usr/lib/gss/gsscred_clean ] &&
/usr/lib/gss/gsscred_clean
30 0,9,12,18,21 * * * /usr/lib/update-manager/update-refresh.sh root@s11-desktop:~#
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What is the purpose of the logadm test? Refer to the man pages. It checks the logs for
possible rotation.
When is this task scheduled to run? Ten minutes after 3 AM every day 6. Using the tty command, find the address of your terminal window.
root@s11-desktop:~# tty /dev/pts/1
7. Use the crontab –e command to edit the crontab file.
root@s11-desktop:~# crontab -e
#ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI" #
# Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. # Use is subject to license terms.
# # # #
# The root crontab should be used to perform accounting data collection #
#
10 3 * * * /usr/sbin/logadm
15 3 * * 0 [ -x /usr/lib/fs/nfs/nfsfind ] && /usr/lib/fs/nfs/nfsfind 30 3 * * * [ -x /usr/lib/gss/gsscred_clean ] &&
/usr/lib/gss/gsscred_clean
30 0,9,12,18,21 * * * /usr/lib/update-manager/update-refresh.sh 30 10 * * * /usr/bin/echo "time to take a break!" > /dev/pts/1
Here you have configured a cron job to display a reminder message. What is the purpose of the echo command? To display a message Where is the message displayed? In your terminal window
8. Use the cat command to check the users that are available for the subsequent steps. root@s11-desktop:~# cat /etc/passwd
... ... ... jholt:x:60005:10:john holt:/home/jholt:/bin/bash jmoose:x:60006:10:jerry moose:/home/jmoose:/bin/bash panna:x:60007:10:polly anna:/home/panna:/bin/bash
sstudent:x: 60008:10:super student:/home/sstudent:/bin/sh Plan to use John Holt’s account, jholt.
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9. Using the vi editor, add an entry for jholt in the cron.deny file as indicated. root@s11-desktop:~# cd /etc/cron.d
root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# vi cron.deny
root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# grep jholt cron.deny jholt
Is there anything else on the added line? No, just the login of the user
10. Grant everyone permission to write to /dev/pts/1 by using the chmod command. root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# ls -l /dev/pts/1
crw--w---- 1 oracle tty 243, 1 Dec 5 13:24 /dev/pts/1 root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# chmod a+rw /dev/pts/1 root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# ls -l /dev/pts/1
crw-rw-rw- 1 oracle tty 243, 1 Dec 5 13:25 /dev/pts/1
If this permission is not already granted, grant it now. This permission is crucial for a user to be able to write to the terminal window.
11. Log in as the jholt account, set the editor to vi, and attempt to list your crontab file. root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# su - jholt
Oracle Corporation SunOS 5.11 11.0 November 2011
jholt@s11-desktop:~$ crontab -l crontab: you are not authorized to use cron. Sorry.
jholt@s11-desktop:~$
Were you able to view the contents of the crontab file? No, it looks like John Holt is not
allowed to use any crontab facilities.
12. Exit to get back to the administrator account. Add the indicated users to the cron.allow file.
jholt@s11-desktop:~$ exit logout
root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# vi cron.allow root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# cat cron.allow jmoose
jholt panna
Now use Jerry Moose’s account, jmoose, to see whether he can create a cron job.
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13. As Jerry Moose, attempt to create an entry in his crontab file. root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# su - jmoose
Oracle Corporation SunOS 5.11 11.0 November 2011 jmoose@s11-desktop:~$ EDITOR=vi
jmoose@s11-desktop:~$ export EDITOR jmoose@s11-desktop:~$ crontab –e
jmoose@s11-desktop:~$ crontab –l
30 14 * * * /usr/bin/echo "time to go to a movie!" > /dev/pts/1
jmoose@s11-desktop:~$ Were you able to create a cron job and display a simple message? Yes
14. Exit the jmoose account. As the administrator, using the cat command, display the contents of the cron.deny and cron.allow files.
jmoose@s11-desktop:~$ exit logout
root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# cat cron.deny daemon
bin nuucp jholt
root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# cat cron.allow jmoose
jholt panna
root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d#
Notice that John Holt’s account, jholt, is duplicated in both the cron.deny file and the cron.allow file.
Will he be allowed to create the cron jobs? Refer to the next step.
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15. As John Holt, attempt to create a cron job. Verify that you were able to create the job, and then exit the jholt account.
root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# su - jholt
Oracle Corporation SunOS 5.11 11.0 November 2011 jholt@s11-desktop:~$ EDITOR=vi
jholt@s11-desktop:~$ export EDITOR jholt@s11-desktop:~$ crontab –e
jholt@s11-desktop:~$ crontab –l
30 14 * * * /usr/bin/echo "time to have a drink!" > /dev/pts/1 jholt@s11-desktop:~$ exit
logout
root@s11-desktop:/etc/cron.d# exit logout
Were you able to create a cron job and display a simple message? Yes
This demonstrates that as long as you have an entry in the cron.allow file, you can create and submit a cron job.