autoupdate cron not working

[smurfexxeee]

hi im trying to autoupdate linux with a cron job but it doesnt seem to to work. can anyone tell me why?

 

[BoringZombie]

hi im trying to autoupdate linux with a cron job but it doesnt seem to to work. can anyone tell me why?

Have a look: https://www.linuxfordevices.com/tutorials/linux/automatic-updates-cronjob

 

[smurfexxeee]

i have followed the link you send but it still doesnt work

 

[BoringZombie]

i have followed the link you send but it still doesnt work

Post a screenshot of your cron hourly configuration file.

 

[smurfexxeee]

i followed this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutoWeeklyUpdateHowTo

 

[f33dm3bits]

autoupdt needs execute permissions.

sudo chmod +x /etc/cron.hourly/autoupdt

Depending on what distribution you use you can probably configure it somewhere without having to create a cronjob.

 

[smurfexxeee]

i tried the code you gave to make it runable but it still doenst work ps im using linux mint

 

[f33dm3bits]

Try running it as a crontab job instead of using cron.hourly, does it run then?

How to Schedule a Crontab Job for Every Hour

Practical guide on how to schedule a crontab job for every hour to run various scripts at the same time by scheduling the tasks using some commands and files.

linuxhint.com

 

[smurfexxeee]

a crontab job didnt work