no way!
maybe on your linux that syntax for su is okay, but Peter runs a FreeBSD
system.
right syntax for freebsd would be:
su account -c "command"
for instance, you could use:
su -m bin -c "/usr/local/share/sqwebmail/cleancache.pl" 2>&1 >/dev/null
root@gw:~# su bin -c "id"
This account is currently not available.
root@gw:~# su -m bin -c "id"
uid=3(bin) gid=7(bin) groups=7(bin)
without the -m you get an error because the bin user does not have a real
shell.
and by the way, even on your linux, your command will not run every 40
minutes, but every 60 minutes.
40 means that the commands run at 1:40, 2:40, 3:40, etc.
regards,
Claudiu Bosioc
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> Try this:
>
> 40 * * * * su -c "/usr/local/share/sqwebmail/cleancache.pl" bin 2>&1 >
> /dev/null
>
> This will run the command every 40 minutes. su -c "command" bin tells it
> to switch user to the user "bin" and run command "command" This should be
> in your root crontab.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tren.
>
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> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Claudiu Bosioc wrote:
>
>> I guess you have copied into /etc/crontab the exact line that was shown
>> after make install has finished.
>> well, that line did not work for me either.
>> there are some issues with the syntax of the su command.
>> here is the line from my crontab:
>> 30 * * * * root /usr/local/share/sqwebmail/cleancache.pl
>> it works for me.
>>
>> regards,
>> Claudiu Bosioc
>>
>> Peter Brezny writes:
>>
>> > I've been getting these in the message log.
>> >
>> > Feb 22 20:18:44 virtual2 cron[212]: login_getclass: unknown class
>> > 'cleancache.pl'
>> >
>> > What's going on here? And how do i fix it?
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Peter Brezny
>> > SysAdmin Services Inc.
>> >
>>
>>
>
