LeRoy on 6 Jul 2010 04:37:24 -0700 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/05/2010 01:53 PM, Eric at Lucii.org wrote: > Is this root's cron? > Allegedly, some cron programs allow a username for the process to be run as. > I've never seen it work but it still appears in some documentation. > > Suggest you remove it and try again. > > Eric > > On 07/05/2010 01:25 PM, Edmond Rodriguez wrote: >> Why is the word "root" in there? > > > > >> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> >>> To: PLUG Philadelphia Linux Users Group <PLUG@lists.phillylinux.org> >>> Sent: Mon, July 5, 2010 12:46:00 PM >>> Subject: [PLUG] crontab won't work >>> >>> I installed Debian stable on an old system I had lying around to be used as an >>> >> rsync backup server. > >> My backup routine is called as a cron job fron >>> /etc/crontab. Oddly, none of >> the things I've entered into crontab >>> execute. I can execute the scripts fine >> outside of crontab, but >>> nothing seems to work from within it. > >> For example, I added this line to >>> test if it was working: > >> 26 12 * * * root mkdir If you notice the default /etc/crontab contains the path of the commands as: 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts - --report /etc/cron.daily ) I have found that cron does not follow the users path and only executes internal bash or whatever /bin/sh points to internal commands. - -- Rev. LeRoy D. Cressy mailto:leroy@lrcressy.com /\_/\ http://lrcressy.com ( o.o ) Phone: 215-535-4037 > ^ < Cell: 267-307-3527 gpg fingerprint: 62DE 6CAB CEE1 B1B3 359A 81D8 3FEF E6DA 8501 AFEA For info on enigmail: http://lrcressy.com/linux/mozilla.pdf For info on gpg: http://www.gnupg.org/ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMMxVnAAoJEKuxGqN1iGbb1pkH/1E5nZrfYa0ilBgDYtLaW27E wjTgrbZGUJjkUD63QVRn/f6+F358WyhAEixXl2hBR9YQROwTnmboEUZ6kuu4grNX Lw2dYPqLPSRQsFBo2kahF3S/CqQBFw+EC+88PCSnPClicGMK/QcuSZzUQwOvqrDo IZNICBsEQXX3P+9nbDv/2wFxp8qtVph3YexFkhKPKZ3gnRpCfyUSh3peiIaBp3C8 zYVdsY13bjZdB5Onan6vrEe0eM2Uzcd3akw5HUaUI9S57cd84Iu0E239Y47wZu+O tJsQ8at6Sekh2VBM38Ra2p4dXoL/pHzsZaq0K+UY1zjjU4vQpAcQ3gQMAfNB5sM= =3cT1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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