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Date:      Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:02:07 -0600
From:      "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Bill Sandiford <bill@interlinks.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 3.0 Release and pw command - Potential Bug? 
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19981027140207.007466e0@207.227.119.2>
In-Reply-To: <199810222152.OAA01173@dingo.cdrom.com>
References:  <Your message of "Thu, 22 Oct 1998 17:28:33 EDT."             <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810221728020.4502-100000@ns2.interlinks.net>

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At 02:52 PM 10/22/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
>
>It is almost *never* correct to post to both -current and -stable.  
>Please pick the one list that suits only.
>
>> We are having a problem with FreeBSD 3.0 Release and it's associated pw
>> command.  We have scripts that used to work perfectly in the 2.2.x line.
>> The script still works perfectly when we run it manually as root (logged
>> in at the terminal) however when cron executes the script, the pw commands
>> in the script don't work.
>
>"Help, my car doesn't work.  Help me!".

Don't you mean "new car" in this case. ;)

>You might want to start by offering some more details.  Any error 
>messages and the return code would be a good start.

It could be run in debug mode too, if it is a shell script or PERL.
Knowing what type script would have allowed other to add to the
suggestions. 8-)




Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking
jeff@mountin.net

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