documentation_complete: true

title: 'Cron and At Daemons'

description: |-
    The cron and at services are used to allow commands to
    be executed at a later time. The cron service is required by almost
    all systems to perform necessary maintenance tasks, while at may or
    may not be required on a given system. Both daemons should be
    configured defensively.

platform: system_with_kernel
