Crontab not working logwatch.pl [FreeBSD 8 stable]
Hi folks, Im having probs when a root crontab located on /var/cron/tabs/root with this content # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.DUtgfVoBT0 installed on Wed Jan 13 20:08:29 2010) # (Cron version -- $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.c,v 1.31.2.1 2009/08/03 08:13:06 kensmith Exp $) * * * * * ~/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh * * * * * ~/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl both of them are sending logs to my email, when runned from the command line works, but not from crontab any ideas? -- () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crontab not working logwatch.pl [FreeBSD 8 stable]
On 2010-01-13 21:43, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: Hi folks, Im having probs when a root crontab located on /var/cron/tabs/root with this content # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.DUtgfVoBT0 installed on Wed Jan 13 20:08:29 2010) # (Cron version -- $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.c,v 1.31.2.1 2009/08/03 08:13:06 kensmith Exp $) * * * * * ~/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh * * * * * ~/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl both of them are sending logs to my email, when runned from the command line works, but not from crontab any ideas? The keywords here are # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. Either edit the system crontab, /etc/crontab, or, to edit root's crontab, run crontab -e as root. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crontab not working logwatch.pl [FreeBSD 8 stable]
did a crontab -r, a a new crontab -e, using: * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl tailing the /var/log/cron I can see that is being executed every minute... but no emails arrived with is the proof that the script has worked. 2010/1/13 Rolf Nielsen listrea...@lazlarlyricon.com: On 2010-01-13 21:43, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: Hi folks, Im having probs when a root crontab located on /var/cron/tabs/root with this content # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.DUtgfVoBT0 installed on Wed Jan 13 20:08:29 2010) # (Cron version -- $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.c,v 1.31.2.1 2009/08/03 08:13:06 kensmith Exp $) * * * * * ~/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh * * * * * ~/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl both of them are sending logs to my email, when runned from the command line works, but not from crontab any ideas? The keywords here are # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. Either edit the system crontab, /etc/crontab, or, to edit root's crontab, run crontab -e as root. -- () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crontab not working logwatch.pl [FreeBSD 8 stable]
On 2010-01-13 22:04, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: did a crontab -r, a a new crontab -e, using: * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl tailing the /var/log/cron I can see that is being executed every minute... but no emails arrived with is the proof that the script has worked. 2010/1/13 Rolf Nielsenlistrea...@lazlarlyricon.com: On 2010-01-13 21:43, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: Hi folks, Im having probs when a root crontab located on /var/cron/tabs/root with this content # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.DUtgfVoBT0 installed on Wed Jan 13 20:08:29 2010) # (Cron version -- $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.c,v 1.31.2.1 2009/08/03 08:13:06 kensmith Exp $) * * * * * ~/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh * * * * * ~/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl both of them are sending logs to my email, when runned from the command line works, but not from crontab any ideas? The keywords here are # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. Either edit the system crontab, /etc/crontab, or, to edit root's crontab, run crontab -e as root. Please don't top post. Firstly, don't rely on environment variables being set correctly when running from cron. If you really want to use root's crontab, substitute /root for $HOME. Secondly, bash should be in /usr/local/bin, not in /bin. And it's a third party shell not included by the system. It has to be installed from ports. You should use /bin/sh instead. Thirdly, instead of putting the interpreter path on the command line, put it on the first line of your scripts, i.e. #!/bin/sh in the first one and #!/usr/bin/perl in the second one. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Crontab not working??
Hi, I installed logwatch from ports only it didn't install a crontab for me like Linux or Solaris does so I ended up attempting to copy my Linux crontab into FreeBSD. It didn't work so I tried to cut down areas which I suspected might not work and ended up with the syntax below for root: crontab -l shows: @reboot root/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl 02 4 * * * root/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl The interesting thing here is that it shows them as being run: rd1# cat /var/log/cron | grep logwatch Jan 12 04:02:00 rd1 /usr/sbin/cron[5882]: (root) CMD (root^I/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl) Jan 13 04:02:00 rd1 /usr/sbin/cron[8898]: (root) CMD (root^I/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl) but only nothing is being emailed to me? If I run the pearl file locally as in: /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl it works fine and email is sent. I know I am missing something but for the life of me can't work out what! Can anyone be of assistance? Many thanks, Kaya ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crontab not working??
Hi-- On Jan 13, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Kaya Saman wrote: It didn't work so I tried to cut down areas which I suspected might not work and ended up with the syntax below for root: crontab -l shows: @reboot root/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl 02 4 * * * root/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl You're using the syntax for a system-wide crontab, ie, /etc/crontab. Per-user crontabs do not have the middle field listing the user to run as; re-run crontab -e and try this instead: @reboot /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl 02 4 * * * /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crontab not working??
Thanks, I inputted the data as you suggested so now I will wait until the time specified to see if it ran or not! Regards, Kaya Chuck Swiger wrote: Hi-- On Jan 13, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Kaya Saman wrote: It didn't work so I tried to cut down areas which I suspected might not work and ended up with the syntax below for root: crontab -l shows: @reboot root/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl 02 4 * * * root/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl You're using the syntax for a system-wide crontab, ie, /etc/crontab. Per-user crontabs do not have the middle field listing the user to run as; re-run crontab -e and try this instead: @reboot /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl 02 4 * * * /usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl Regards, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crontab not working??
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 02:20:07AM +0200, Kaya Saman wrote: Hi, @reboot root/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl 02 4 * * * root/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl this format/syntax is only valid for the system contab. The interesting thing here is that it shows them as being run: rd1# cat /var/log/cron | grep logwatch Jan 12 04:02:00 rd1 /usr/sbin/cron[5882]: (root) CMD (root^I/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl) Jan 13 04:02:00 rd1 /usr/sbin/cron[8898]: (root) CMD (root^I/usr/local/sbin/logwatch.pl) As you can see, the command is not valid. You should at least get an error. If the scripts do not set PATH themselvs, try setting it in the crontab, as the default is rather minimal. Regards Thomas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crontab not working logwatch.pl [FreeBSD 8 stable]
Rolf Nielsen wrote: On 2010-01-13 22:04, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: did a crontab -r, a a new crontab -e, using: * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl In addition to the other suggestions, I'd imagine an absolute path path to /local/sbin/logwatch.pl is a problem as well. Unless /local/sbin exists, of course. Regards, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Crontab not working logwatch.pl [FreeBSD 8 stable]
Glen Barber wrote: Rolf Nielsen wrote: On 2010-01-13 22:04, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: did a crontab -r, a a new crontab -e, using: * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /bin/bash /var/log/auto_auth.sh * * * * * $HOME/.profile ; /usr/bin/perl /local/sbin/logwatch.pl In addition to the other suggestions, I'd imagine an absolute path path to /local/sbin/logwatch.pl is a problem as well. Unless /local/sbin exists, of course. Regards, Many thanks for all the responses!! I copied the data into /etc/crontab using the root syntax as described before and I got sent an email straight away after restarting cron!! I am not sure why I decided to use a local crontab rather then system-wide one but I think I got confused somewhere along the lines with something?? At least it works :-) Regards, Kaya ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
