Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 04:33:37 +0000 (UTC) From: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> To: Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: crontab is not working Message-ID: <1539211206.3089370.1457152417778.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <047b01d17693$e5151810$af3f4830$@on.ca> References: <047b01d17693$e5151810$af3f4830$@on.ca>
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thanks matt:
yes i did remove that "root", but it still a no go. nothing happened. run t=
hat script manually with "bash /root/snmpwalk.sh" with no issues.
i am puzzled.
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On Friday, March 4, 2016 11:03 PM, Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> w=
rote:
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> -----Original Message-----
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@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of gahn via freebsd-questions
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2016 7:11 PM
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> Subject: crontab is not working
>
> hi:
> i am trying to test a crontab job for snmpwalk but it is not working:
> here is crontab:
> */1=C2=A0 =C2=A0 *=C2=A0 =C2=A0 *=C2=A0 =C2=A0 *=C2=A0 =C2=A0 *=C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 root=C2=A0 =C2=A0 /root/snmpwalk.sh
>
> for the script, it is very simple:
> #!/usr/local/bin/bash
>
> /usr/local/bin/snmpwalk -v 2c -c public 100.10.10.10
>
> from the log, i can see this
>
> Mar=C2=A0 4 15:22:00 snails /usr/sbin/cron[88515]: (operator) CMD (/usr/l=
ibexec/save-entropy) Mar=C2=A0 4 15:22:00
> snails /usr/sbin/cron[88516]: (root) CMD (root^I/root/snmpwalk.sh) Mar=C2=
=A0 4 15:23:00 snails /usr/sbin/cron[88531]:
> (root) CMD (root^I/root/snmpwalk.sh) Mar=C2=A0 4 15:24:00 snails /usr/sbi=
n/cron[88534]: (root) CMD (root^I/root/snmpwalk.sh)
>
> thanks.
Get rid of the "root<tab>" in the crontab entry.=C2=A0 The username is impl=
icit and doesn't need to be specified.=C2=A0 cron is treating
that as part of the command which is why it's failing to run.
Regards,
--
Matt Emmerton
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On 03/04/2016 08:33 PM, gahn via freebsd-questions wrote:
> thanks matt:
> yes i did remove that "root", but it still a no go. nothing happened. run that script manually with "bash /root/snmpwalk.sh" with no issues.
> i am puzzled.
But the logs will surely say something different. Matt was right. You
were using the cron.daily/weekly/monthly format where a (different)
crontab format is called for.
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