From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 23:10:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5666816A41F for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:10:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjhjr@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao05.cox.net (eastrmmtao05.cox.net [68.230.240.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF5343D48 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:10:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjhjr@cox.net) Received: from localhost ([68.230.186.138]) by eastrmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051025231056.INSZ28234.eastrmmtao05.cox.net@localhost> for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:10:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:10:57 -0400 From: Bob Hall To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20051025231057.GA84395@kongemord.krig.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bob Hall , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20051025131352.217826@bob> <20051025184502.GA83689@kongemord.krig.net> <20051025190017.GF63163@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051025190017.GF63163@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Crontab and GPG? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:10:59 -0000 On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 03:00:18PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 02:45:02PM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 01:13:52PM -0500, Robert Wall wrote: > > > Hello! I'm attempting to run GPG from cron, and it's not working. I can run the script from the command line, and all works perfectly. When I try to run it from cron, however, it doesn't work. The crontab calls this script, called "pgpdecrypt" with the following crontab line: > > > > > > */1 * * * * root /bin/bash /etc/pgpdecrypt > > > > > > The /bin/bash wasn't originally there; I added it to make sure that the script was using the correct shell. Still no luck. Here's the script that it calls: > > > > > > echo >> /etc/pgpdecrypt.logger "PGP Decrypter Starting" > > > > Take the "/bin/bash" out of your crontab. Put > > #!/bin/bash > > at the beginning of your script. > > What do you think that will do to help? It's a NOP, so it can't fix > the problem (which is because of bad assumptions about PATH, per my > other message). Well, I don't know whether "#!" is a NOP or not. It does tell the script which executable to use in executing the script. But I did make a mistake. Try whereis bash and use that path. Bob Hall