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I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and it’s better than a GUI)

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.
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Would this crontab entry work?

I need to run some things at 22.00 on every 3rd Saturday of every month, would the following work? 00 22 15-21 * * [ `date +\%u` = 6 ] && /root/test.sh i would use 6 instead of Sat so that if someone ...
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Debian 3.1, auth.log, cron opening sessions for root

I'm running Debian 3.1 and I see the following entries in /var/log/auth.log. I don't have any cron jobs added that would be doing this by design, so I'm unsure what's ...