Keven, your right it does work. That's strange I'm trying to set the proxy for up2date to work, and it work on command line but when I try all of those methods given it doesn't. Any ideas? -----Original Message----- From: Keven Ring [mailto:keven@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 2:55 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Create a new system variable Matthew Benjamin wrote: >I really appreciate the GOOD suggestions I tried it however it still >does not work. Do you think it's a bug in Fedora Core 1? I tried Keven >and Martin's suggestions also to no avail. All of these work from just >a command line but once in the cron it flakes out. > > > Hum.. Works for me: [keven@localhost keven]$ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.5046 installed on Thu Apr 8 15:49:20 2004) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $) http_proxy=http://foobar.com:80/ * * * * * /usr/bin/printenv This says to print the environment every minute [that way you don't have to wait too long]. In a minute, you should get an email to your local account. This was the contents of my email: From keven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thu Apr 8 15:51:01 2004 Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 15:51:01 -0400 From: root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cron Daemon) To: keven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Cron <keven@localhost> /usr/bin/printenv X-Cron-Env: <http_proxy=http://foobar.com:80/> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/keven> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=keven> SHELL=/bin/sh http_proxy=http://foobar.com:80/ PATH=/usr/bin:/bin PWD=/home/keven SHLVL=1 HOME=/home/keven LOGNAME=keven _=/usr/bin/printenv As you can see, http_proxy is most definately set.... -- Keven Ring | "Oh no, Not Again..." The MITRE Corporation | Bowl of Petunias - 7515 Colshire Drive | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy McLean VA 22102-7508 | PH: (703)883-7026 | -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
