Scheduling the Audit on Linux and Mac Machines

For networked computers running Linux or Mac OS, you can use the cron daemon to automate the Linux Inventory Analyzer (code name lina) or the Mac Inventory Analyzer (code name ina_mac) from the shared folder where the inventory analyzers are deployed.

INFO: For details on scheduling tasks using cron, see the following man pages:

• https://linuxconfig.org/linux-crontab-reference-guide
• crontab(8) on https://www.linux.org/docs/man8/cron.html

On machines running Mac OS X 10.4 and later we recommend that you use the launchd daemon, an advanced system process manager.

INFO: For details on scheduling tasks using launchd, see the following manpages:

• launchd(8) on https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/8/launchd
• launchd.plist(5) on https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/5/launchd.plist
• launchctl(1) on https://www.unix.com/man-page/mojave/1/launchctl