On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 19:12:29 -0700 Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > On 7/8/21 11:29 AM, John Murphy wrote: > > 04 19 * * * root /usr/bin/pw-record /home/john/crontest.wav > > > /tmp/cronjob.txt 2>&1 > > and see the same error in the text file. > > Maybe running as root is actually not enough :-( > > I don't know how to fix this but it is likely that this does not > establish a "session" (or "seat") and then dbus is not running and then > nothing that depends on it can work. Maybe running the cron job as a > normal user? I don't know how you can convince the system that you > really are allowed to do all this...
Identical error with the /etc/crontab entry run by user john. > < and if selinux is involved, maybe you can look at what is in the logs? > /var/log/secure, /var/log/messages, and hunt for denials or permission > problems? > No selinux thank Dev ('getenforce' returns command not found). I was running 'tail -f /var/log/syslog' (no /var/log/[messages|secure]) when I saw the CRON and rtkit-daemon messages in my opening post. Would expect to have seen an entry there for any other problem at the time. -- Thanks again, John. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev