---
name: "debsecan-create-cron"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "debsecan"
version: "0.4.20.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/debsecan-create-cron"
---

# debsecan-create-cron(8)

Create cron entry for the Debian Security Analyzer

## NAME

debsecan-create-cron - Create cron entry for the Debian Security Analyzer

## SYNOPSIS

**debsecan-create-cron**\
 **debsecan-create-cron --upgrade**

## DESCRIPTION

**debsecan-create-cron** creates a cron entry for **debsecan**, the Debian security analyzer.

The cron entry runs hourly, but **debsecan** itself restricts actually processing to once a day.  The minute the cron job runs is selected randomly, to reduce peak server load.

**debsecan-create-cron --upgrade** is used internally to upgrade an older cron entry.

## AUTHOR

**debsecan** was written by Florian Weimer.

## SEE ALSO

[**debsecan**(1)](/debsecan/1.md), [**cron**(8)](/cron/8.md)