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Hi Dave, thanks for the reply. I'm just running a script containing a few command for collecting statistics and health of the server and someone told me if i don't add /dev/null 2>&1 entry . The...

How to disable crontab from sending email to user from configuration.?

I mean instead of redirecting > /dev/null 2>&1 at the crontab entry.

Ok thanks.
What if a sendmail daemon is not running ? still gets emails ?
Is it a good practice to add /dev/null 2>&1 in crontab entry ?

Hi expert,

May I know what is the difference between below cron tab entry ?


0,12 * * * * /abc/myscript.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

0,12 * * * * /abc/myscript.sh

There's a plain text root password in my rman script. Is it possible to run it without root password ?

Can you show me how to encrypt oracle password table ?
The link provided in the other post is confusing.
Thanks experts!

thanks seg. you are the man!

It's there.

other::1,thirdparty

Hi expert,

original :
# id
uid=0(root) gid=1(other)

after some event:

# id
uid=0(root) gid=1


how to put it back gid=1(other)

thanks.

What about /etc/nsswitch.conf ?
do you see 'dns' beside 'host'

eg . ..

hosts: files dns

Hi Oracle & Unix expert,
Could you tell me how to encrypt oracle table ? Thanks.