Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:59:51 -0800 (PST) From: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> To: Jon Reynolds <jonr@destar.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: chown and chmod using crontab? Message-ID: <20030127165915.P44871-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com> In-Reply-To: <1043714644.1895.35.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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Try using the full paths... /bin/chmod and /usr/sbin/chown On 27 Jan 2003, Jon Reynolds wrote: > I have a directory that 2 different groups have access to. When one > group writes to the folder it retains the permissions of that group. I > need the permissions to change to the permissions of the directory. > > I thought I could add a crontab in and run a little script every 1 > minute to set the correct permissions. The script does what it should > when ran by the cmdline but not when I try to run it from the crontab. > > Is it not possible to run chmod and chown on a folder by using a > crontab? > > The entry into my /etc/crontab file looks like this: > > 0 * * * root /bin/fixperms > > My fixperms file looks like this: > > #!/bin/sh > > chmod -R 777 /usr/local/ServerFiles > chown -R staff /usr/local/ServerFiles > > Am I doing this right? > > Jon > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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