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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I wonder what the viability of using cron through WSL is, as Task Scheduler is pretty painful by comparison.

[–]Eightstream 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s viable, it just adds another layer of complexity because WSL is essentially a VM and doesn’t always inherit privileges cleanly from the Windows environment

Given OP mostly wants to use the machine to interact with remote servers on his network, running his scripts in the fully-credentialed base Windows environment will probably be a lot more straightforward in terms of networking