> > I've written the following script (named checkconn) > to be executed every 5 minutes by crond: > > . . . > `/sbin/adsl-stop` > `/sbin/adsl-start` . . . > 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /root/cron/checkconn > 5,15,25,35,45,55 * * * * /root/cron/checkconn > > > Well, if I execute checkconn from the command line, > it works as expected, while when checkconn is invoked > by crond, it doesn't work... > > Any idea? > j3d. > Here are a few thoughts. Anything in /sbin is likely to need root privilege to run. So make sure that you use root's crontab, or place the entries in /etc/crontab and specify that they run as user root. Also, since cron uses a limited path, make certain that /root/cron is in the path (add a PATH= line to the crontab entry). Try man 8 crontab (IIRC) for information on the crontab file format as opposed to the crontab command. Hope this helps. Erik > -
