[Linux]Run cron job under system account

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When configuring cron job for system account, there are a few points to pay attention to:

Since system account usually does not have home directory, and cron will attempt to chdir to the home directory before executing the actual command, you are likely to get an error log in /var/log/cron saying something like (CRON) ERROR chdir failed (/home/runcron): No such file or directory
Solution: edit the system account entry in /etc/passwd to have the home directory set to /(file system root)
The default settings in /etc/crontab have a very limited PATH, which may cause your script to fail when cron runs it.
Solution: either use full path in your script or set your own PATH at the beginning of your scripts(recommended)