This directory contains two scripts and one data file to test cron. Both
shouldn't be run as root but they warn for themselves. If a username is
given as parameter they run as this user.
Both scripts save the current crontab and restore it after finishing.
* Positive tests
cron_pos_tests.sh [username]
- add new job
- check correct execution of job
- delete job
* Negative tests
cron_neg_tests.sh [username]
- try to edit the crontab of root
- try to set illegal or nondefined execution times
Here the script uses file illegal_cron_lines which contains two
fields per line: the cron line to be tested (without script name),
and the description of this test. The description is written to
stdout during execution of the test.
- try to do things you aren't allowed as non-root (cron runs as root)
