Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:47:12 -0400 From: "Bill Sandiford" <sysop@interlinks.net> To: "Studded" <Studded@gorean.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pw and cron - bug in FreeBSD 3.0? Message-ID: <000601bdfdc2$79267c50$03a06bcf@ns1.interlinks.net>
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yes we are using -h...The script runs perfectly when it is run manually....but the portions of the script that use pw do not work executed by cron as root. -----Original Message----- From: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> To: Bill Sandiford <bill@interlinks.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; tomw@provcomom.net <tomw@provcomom.net> Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 12:27 AM Subject: Re: pw and cron - bug in FreeBSD 3.0? >Bill Sandiford wrote: >> >> An associate and I have found what we think may be a bug in the FreeBSD >> 3.0 version of pw. When running a script that contains pw from either >> cron or any other facility, pw fails to operate. > > Are you using the -h argument? My quick scan of the man page (and a >foggy memory) seem to indicate that is a necessary step when using it in >a script. You might want to check the archives (as you should before >sending a report of this type anyway :) and see if you can find >something more concrete. I'm almost sure this has come up before. > >Doug >-- >*** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** > > Go PADRES! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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