Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 21:10:12 +0200 From: ico <ico@beke.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: crontab : exec, permission denied Message-ID: <20030701191012.GA1106@beke.info> In-Reply-To: <44fzlq8gtc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20030629082956.GA1077@beke.info> <44fzlq8gtc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Dna Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 10:25:35AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert spisal(a) :
>> I added to /etc/crontab this line:
>>
>> */5 * * * * user1 /usr/local/bin/getmail \
>> -r /usr/home/user1/.getmail/getmailrc
>>
>>
>> I wanted getmail to pick-up mail for user user1. Result is error:
>> exec: :permission denied
>>
>> $ls -l /usr/local/bin/getmail
>> r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 328 Jun 22 07:41 /usr/local/bin/getmail*
>>
>> I also tried to create user1's crontab ( su user1; crontab -e ) . Result is the
>> same. What's wrong?
>
>Does it work from the command line?
>The following works fine for me from my user crontab:
>
>6 6 * * 1-7 /usr/local/bin/fetchmail -s
>
Yes, it works from command line. I'm doing it now that way.
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