From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 24 16:08:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68AE4106566B for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:08:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghirai@ghirai.com) Received: from ghirai.com (ghirai.com [195.74.52.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31E0A8FC18 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghirai@ghirai.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ghirai.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A2F8F16FDE; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:08:05 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:08:13 +0300 From: Ghirai To: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <20090424190813.ccfbe32f.ghirai@ghirai.com> In-Reply-To: <20090424153920.GA13168@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20090424180813.7e74cafb.ghirai@ghirai.com> <20090424181426.fe1706a3.ghirai@ghirai.com> <20090424153920.GA13168@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/crontab won't run my script 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: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:08:13 -0000 On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:39:21 -0400 Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 06:14:26PM +0300, Ghirai wrote: > > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:08:13 +0300 > > Ghirai wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm trying to get a python script to run from /etc/crontab, but it > > > won't work. > > > > > > I've read about the most common issues being related to paths, > > > but my script uses no paths at all. > > > > > > This is my /etc/crontab line: > > > > > > */5 * * * * > > > munin /usr/local/bin/python /root/myscript.py > > > >> /var/log/myscript.log > > > > > > I used munin user because i already have it (can i run it under > > > 'nobody'?). > > > > > > This is what /var/log/cron says: > > > > > > Apr 24 18:00:01 triton /usr/sbin/cron[4361]: (munin) CMD > > > (/usr/local/bin/python /root/myscript.py > > > >> /var/log/myscript.log) > > > > > > > > > However the script doesn't seem to run at all. > > > > > > Obviously it works if i run it stand-alone, as any user. > > > I'm running 7.1-RELEASE-p4, i386. > > > > > > What am i doing wrong? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > Ok i just changed 'who' column to root and it works. > > Why won't it work as any other user? > > Permissions for myscript.py are 555. > > Isn't /etc/crontab the root cron and should not be used by users? > > To set up a crontab for a user, do: crontab -e > while logged in as that user. You can also do it from root > by using the -u user_name option in the command, eg. if > the user is joe crontab -u joe -e > > You should never edit the tab files directly. > > You may also have to set up /var/cron/allow and /var/cron/deny > files. > > In addition, the ownership and permissions on the files/scripts > you are trying to run from cron must be correct. > > ////jerry Alright, i added the cron for 'nobody' as above, and it seems to work. Thanks everyone. -- Regards, Ghirai.