Am 22.01.2021 um 09:33 schrieb Andreas Vetter:

Hi *, I did not find a way to install cronjobs for root in the autoyast docu.

Since execution time matters in this case, /etc/cron.daily/ is not the way to go.

Installing a complete crontab for root would be a way, but may be a problem when one has to combine several entries on the fly. Anyone using that?

So i tend to use a systemd-timer, but that needs 3 files: The timer, the service and the actual script to run.

What do others use?

Hi, an easy way to inject crontabs is the /etc/cron.d directory. A file can be injected like described here: https://doc.opensuse.org/projects/autoyast/#id-1.9.4.2.36.9 or using a postinstall script (which is the way, we use). example (for a root-crontab we use): <files config:type="list"> <file> /etc/cron.d/backup_helper <![CDATA[ # crontab for backup-helper SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/bin MAILTO="" # trigger backup-helper (daily at 21:05) 5 21 * * * root /usr/local/bin/backup-helper.sh ]]> </file> <file> /etc/cron.d/ <!-- create directory --> </file> </files> Best regards Carsten PS: After manually putting files into /etc/cron.d the crond must be reloaded.