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A. F. SheikhCompTIA Linux+ Certification CompanionCertification Study Companion Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0128-0_8

8. Administrative Tasks

Ahmed F. Sheikh1  
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Miami, FL, USA
 

This chapter introduces you to several management tasks which will make your job as a systems administrator much easier. You will first learn to use the at and cron commands to schedule jobs that can perform tasks automatically. Then you will learn how to control the locale time settings on servers and desktops.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to
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    Create and manage tasks

     
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    Customize localization and internationalization

     
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    Modify time zone settings

     

Task Management ...

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