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sonu ishaq
Asked: 2020-07-29 20:20:27 +0800 CST

crontab reboot command doesnt work

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I tried using crontab to upgrade packages every time I reboot

@reboot cd /home/toor && (echo "$password" | sudo -S apt-get upgrade)

but when I check sudo apt update after a few minutes there's still packages to be upgraded by which I came to the conclusion this command doesn't work

but this echo "$password" | sudo -S apt-get upgrade works properly on my terminal, I can't seem to figure out the error

reboot cron

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  1. Best Answer

    This might be late but it might be because the @reboot commands start executing at the start of your lock-screen and by that time your wifi might not be connected so try this

    ((sleep 30) && (echo "root" | sudo -S apt-get upgrade -y)) > /home/{username}/.scripts/upgradelogs

    put that in a shell script and execute the crontab this might work

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