Not a perl expert but does the print print out to stdout? If so, maybe
(just maybe) it doesn't like
that since cron doesn't have a tty attached (really just guessing). If
you want to get a feel of what
is causing the problem though, just comment out sections of code and run
it until you can isolate
what line is causing the server error - I'd start with the whole script
commented out. That way you
can eliminate permissions etc before delving into the perl itself.
Maybe no-one else is using this as a cronjob which is why they are not
seeing problems.
Regards
Neill
Chris wrote:
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I've got a very simple perl script that I'm trying to run as a cronjob.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use LWP::Simple qw(mirror $ua);
$| = 1;
$ua->timeout(60);
my $url = 'http://www.sanesecurity.com/clamav/phish.ndb.gz';
my $file = 'phish.ndb.gz';
my $dbfile = 'phish.ndb';
my $result = mirror($url, $file);
print "$file\t$result\n";
if ($result == 200) {
system "gunzip -v --stdout $file > $dbfile";
}
exit 0;
Its use is to check for new updates to the phish.ndb file used by clamav.
It runs fine from the cli so I know there is no issue with the script,
however, when attempting to run as a cronjob I get:
phish.ndb.gz 500
which I'm told by the author is a
A 500 status code is an internal server error. Nothing to do with the
script.
He also goes on to say:
"99% of all problems under Unix are permissions"
Aside from it being under cron, what else is different. UserID, evnironment,
shell, PWD, etc ?
All my other cronjobs run correctly. Below is my crontab and permission
settings for /usr/local/bin/Phish.pl
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HOME=/
# run-parts
1 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
2 * * * * clamav /usr/local/bin/freshclamcron
0 * * * * root /usr/local/etc/logcheck.sh
33 21 * * * chris /usr/local/bin/Phish.pl
#
2 4 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily
#
22 4 * * 7 root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
#
42 4 1 * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
Permissions are set as below:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# ls -lr Phish.pl
- -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 331 Apr 26 18:56 Phish.pl*
Whether running this job as root or chris nets the same output. Any
suggestions or help would be much appreciated.
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Chris
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