On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 20:09 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 20:04 -0500, Erik Hemdal wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > 1. For Erik: > His command uses the full path. Thus the path comment above is > superfluous. > > 2. for j3d. > The script being called by cron should contain a shebang line as the > first line. Does it? > it should look like "#! /bin/sh". You can look at any of the scripts > in /etc/init.d to see what should be there. > > 3. For j3d: > What is the purpose of stop/start the adsl connection every 5 > minutes? As I understand it you are simply verifying the connection is > intact. It would make more sense to do a simple ping to some host on > the internet, and if that fails then do the stop/start. Otherwise the > connection is good and you quit. > A drawback to your approach is that the IP address may (and often > does) change when the adsl connection is re-established. If you are > using it the IP change may kick you off, and with a long download that > can be a problem. Often the pppoe connection stops working even if pppd is still running, and then I'm not able to access the Internet anymore. When that happens, the only thing I can do is to restart the ppp0 interface... I'm trying to figure out the source of the problem, but till now no way... j3d. > > > -- ---------------------------------------- Giuseppe Greco ::agamura:: phone: +41 (0)91 604 67 65 mobile: +41 (0)79 602 99 27 email: giuseppe.greco@xxxxxxxxxxx web: www.agamura.com ----------------------------------------
