Still no luck... is there a log file somewhere with the error message?
Made this change 00 10 * * * (cd /home/sites/home/users/admin/chkrootkit-0.37; ./chkrootkit 2>&1 | mail -s "chkrootkit output" root) TO 00 10 * * * (cd /home/sites/home/users/admin/chkrootkit-0.37; ./chkrootkit | mail -s "chkrootkit output" root 2>&1) Both work at the command prompt. But the cron does not follow through. Any other advice as to why this is not working? >From: "Jelmer Jellema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] cron and chkrootkit >Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:30:21 +0200 > > > # Monitor chkrootkit-0.37 > > 00 7 * * * (cd /home/sites/home/users/admin/chkrootkit-0.37; >./chkrootkit >2>&1 | mail -s "chkrootkit output" root) > >Change it to (cd /home/sites/home/users/admin/chkrootkit-0.37; ./chkrootkit >| mail -s "chkrootkit output" root 2>&1) > >or just leave the | mail stuff behind, cron usualy mails any output anyway > >Jelmer > >Jelmer Jellema >Spin in het Web Hosting >http://hosting.spininhetweb.nl > > > > > > ---------- > > > > [root admin]# pwd > > /home/sites/home/users/admin > > [root admin]# ls -al > > drwxr-xr-x 2 admin admin 1024 Sep 24 10:23 chkrootkit-0.37 > > [root admin]# cd chkrootkit-0.37/ > > [root chkrootkit-0.37]# ls -al > > drwxr-xr-x 2 admin admin 1024 Sep 24 10:23 . > > drwxrws--x 10 admin admin 1024 Sep 24 10:44 .. > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 1343 Sep 16 13:50 COPYRIGHT > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 1318 Sep 16 10:28 Makefile > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 13036 Sep 16 11:29 README > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 1323 Sep 10 10:02 README.chklastlog > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 1292 Sep 10 10:02 README.chkwtmp > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 admin admin 3028 Sep 24 10:23 check_wtmpx > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 7191 Sep 10 10:02 check_wtmpx.c > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 admin admin 7256 Sep 24 10:23 chklastlog > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 7746 Sep 10 10:02 chklastlog.c > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 admin admin 6380 Sep 24 10:23 chkproc > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 3624 Sep 16 10:12 chkproc.c > > -rwxr--r-- 1 admin admin 57144 Sep 24 10:23 chkrootkit > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 528 Sep 16 09:46 chkrootkit.lsm > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 admin admin 4368 Sep 24 10:23 chkwtmp > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 1945 Sep 10 10:03 chkwtmp.c > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 admin admin 4688 Sep 24 10:23 ifpromisc > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 3358 Sep 10 10:03 ifpromisc.c > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 admin admin 221328 Sep 24 10:23 strings > > -r--r--r-- 1 admin admin 2437 Sep 10 10:03 strings.c > > > > Can anyone shed any light on why this is not working? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobalt-security mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security > > > >_______________________________________________ >cobalt-security mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
