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Hi All,

I have a server at work sitting behind a firewall that allows outbound traffic only:

work-server---------> Internet

What i am looking to try and do is SSH from the work-server back...

Yes correct.

Hi All,

I currently have Ubuntu 18.04 running with automatic upgrades enabled. This is currently working fine without any issues.

I would however like for updates to be checked and installed...

Perfect all working as expected.

I will also be looking into compressing and moving the files at the end of each day.

Thanks for all the help.

ian-weisser thanks it seems to be working now big thanks... :p

One last question i have is how would i get this to create a new file each time the CRON is run as currently it seems to be...

This is what i have:

Palo_Backup.sh:
curl -kG "https://192.168.19.37/esp/restapi.esp?type=config&action=show&key=mdTNyTmfdgg5XSFVFZ0tFSFg4eGhVS0hlaUhzMzV0Y2Y4SlpvTT0=" > Device_1.xml" &&
curl...

Thats better i am getting errors in the /tmp/cron_log but still not the desired output

/home/elliot/Palo_Script.sh: 5: /home/elliot/Palo_Script.sh: cannot create device_1.xml &&
curl -kG...

I have changed it to:
30 14 * * * elliot /home/elliot/Palo_Script.sh > /tmp/cron_log 2>&1


now in /tmp/cron_log i get the following:
/bin/sh: 1: elliot: not found


Where would the xlm files...

still nothing:

Jan 10 12:40:01 Ubuntu-NTP01 cron[2955]: (elliot) RELOAD (crontabs/elliot)
Jan 10 12:41:01 Ubuntu-NTP01 CRON[21386]: (elliot) CMD (elliot /home/elliot/Palo_Script.sh 2&>1...

Nope still nothing:(logs:
cat: /tmp/cron_log: No such file or directory

/tmp$ tail -f /var/log/syslog




Jan 9 20:29:01 Ubuntu-NTP01 cron[2955]: (elliot) RELOAD (crontabs/elliot)
Jan 9...

I have moved this to crontab -e (not sudo crontab -e)

I get the following in /var/log/syslog:

Jan 9 17:56:01 Ubuntu-NTP01 CRON[30256]: (elliot) CMD (elliot /home/elliot/Palo_Script.sh)
Jan 9...

I assume to mean to the backups_scripts.sh strings? I have added " to the end like so however no luck:

curl -kG "https://10.0.9.37/esp/restapi.esp?type=config&action=show&key=LUFRPdfghd...

Hi All,

I am having issues with running a CRON job that contains a few CURL commands.

The CURL commands are similar to:

curl -kG...

Thanks for the replys.

I currently use a spreadsheet and with 600-700 members this is not ideal, i also want it to be hosted to stop any issues with data loss and its also nice being able to...

Hi All,

Hope this is in the correct section of the forum!

I am a membership secretary for a small club. Members have to pay on a annual bases.

I am looking for a solution to manage the...

Do you know if that happens with another operating system installed?
Has it always done it?

Managed to work this out ! Quite simple really placed this in the rc.local

python /home/elliot/blink3.py

Hi papibe,

Nope this didnt work !

I added this:

@reboot /home/elliot/blink3.py

any ideas ?

Hi all,

I am very new to Python scripting and i am starting to have a play as i have a Raspberry PI.

I have written a simple script that makes some LEDs flash. I am looking how i can get this...

You need an application called Minicom, see below link to the help page

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Minicom

hope this helps

Hi All,

I have installed Boinc (boinc-client) on my Ubuntu 13.10 install. I only have SSH access to this system.

I have added 'World Community Grid' as a project which seemed to go well.
...

Wow i didnt even think to use the man command !

Rookie error!

Hi All,

I have a Ubuntu server with a few users who have SSH access. To see whats users have/are logged in I use the last command.

The main information I am looking to see is the username and...

Hi all,

I am trying to use Automator to create a new service that will open terminal and run a command. This will them be applied to a keyboard shortcut.

I have created the service and added it...

If you could help with the code i need this sounds perfect:P