cron-scheduling
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 7, 2026
Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill provides numerous examples of system administration commands including
crontab,systemctl,at, andjournalctl. These are standard tools for task scheduling and log management on Unix-like systems and are documented here for educational and functional purposes. - [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The documentation mentions the use of
sudofor managing other users' scheduled tasks (e.g.,sudo crontab -u www-data -e) and controlling systemd units (e.g.,sudo systemctl enable --now backup.timer). These are standard administrative workflows and do not represent a bypass or unauthorized escalation within the skill's logic. - [PERSISTENCE]: The skill focuses on legitimate persistence mechanisms such as cron jobs and systemd timers for recurring tasks. The usage patterns provided align with standard system maintenance, automation, and DevOps practices.
- [DATA_EXPOSURE]: The skill references system paths like
/etc/systemd/system/,/var/log/syslog, and/var/spool/cron/. These references are used in the context of configuration, monitoring, and debugging scheduled tasks, which is the stated primary purpose of the skill.
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