Red Hat Certified System Administrator RHCSA · Free Practice Question Hard
Question 30
Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, create a cron job that appends the phrase 'These pretzels are making me thirsty!' to the /var/log/messages log file. Ensure that this job runs at 12 PM (noon) only on weekdays.
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To create this cron job in RHEL 9, edit the crontab file by running crontab -e as root. Add the following line: 0 12 * * 1-5 echo "These pretzels are making me thirsty!" >> /var/log/messages. This sets up a cron job that runs at 12 PM on weekdays (Monday to Friday), appending the specified text to the /var/log/messages log file. Remember, direct editing of /var/log/messages might require appropriate permissions.
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