here's what I've loaded into root's crontab: ==========================================
# min, hr, date 50 10 * * * ntpdate -s time-nw.nist.gov # ========================================== this is the mail I receive from the failed cron job... ========================================== >From root Sat Jun 8 10:50:00 2002 Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 10:50:00 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cron <root@marge> ntpdate -s time-nw.nist.gov X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> /bin/sh: ntpdate: command not found ========================================== the problem (well, it's not really a problem; I could just call it /usr/sbin/ntpdate) is that I want to be able to set the PATH to whatever it is for root user... thanks for your help, Kevin Michael Fratoni wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 08 June 2002 12:14 pm, Kevin Weslowski wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I noticed that my Redhat 7.1 cron environment isn't working as I > > expected...I was hoping someone could help me configure it... > > > > I found this out because it seems like when cron runs (for root) it > > doesn't use the environment variables specified in /etc/crontab. My > > shell > > in /etc/crontab is set to /bin/bash but when I get an email back from a > > cron job, it shows: > > > > X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> > > Please press enter every 72 characters or so, or set you mail client to > wrap properly. > > I don't know where cron is picking up /bin/sh, however it shouldn't hurt > anything. /bin/sh should be a symbolic link to /bin/bash. > > $ ll /bin/sh > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 12 19:09 /bin/sh -> bash > > Have you specified the user to run the cron job as in /etc/crontab? > Like so: > 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly > > I'm not sure how cron behaves if the user isn't set when executing from > /etc/crontab. > > What are the remaining cron environmental variables shown in the message? > For example: > X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/bash> > X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin> > X-Cron-Env: <MAILTO=root> > X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/> > X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> > > - -- > - -Michael > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt > Red Hat Linux 7.2 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAj0CNCwACgkQn/07WoAb/StaSQCdFjIGQxXKNdMaF8bq5MJCpAb1 > l30AnjdYCQ1pSbvfSA8pknQgA0ZfmScT > =8RmK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
