From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 1 14:20:01 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E02DE38 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C28401730 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rB1EK0TL036690 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rB1EK0pn036678; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:20:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201312011420.rB1EK0pn036678@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Patrick Dung Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDFF3949 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org (oldred.freebsd.org [8.8.178.121]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA40916BE for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.6]) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rB1EA3Rn009310 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:10:03 GMT (envelope-from nobody@oldred.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id rB1EA3nQ009303; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:10:03 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201312011410.rB1EA3nQ009303@oldred.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:10:03 GMT From: Patrick Dung To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Subject: misc/184409: crontab enviornment should include common paths like /sbin or /usr/sbin X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 14:20:01 -0000 >Number: 184409 >Category: misc >Synopsis: crontab enviornment should include common paths like /sbin or /usr/sbin >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 01 14:20:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Patrick Dung >Release: FreeBSD 9.2 x64 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: By default, user's crontab would have below environment variables LOGNAME=user1 PATH=/usr/bin:/bin PWD=/usr/home/user1 HOME=/home/user1 USER=user1 SHELL=/bin/sh When the script is invoked/test in command line, it worked. When the script is invoked by cronjob, some part of the script failed to run because /usr/sbin/chown is not in the search PATH. It is not convenient. >How-To-Repeat: always >Fix: configure user's crontab to include PATH like /etc/crontab PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: