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Old 12-17-2008
Sudo command not working with cron job.
Hello,

I have written a script that has a sudo command to change file permissions within it.

When I run the script manually, the sudo command inside of it works fine.

When the script is run through crontab I get the error "cron: not found".

It the same user profile that I am using to run the script manually that is running the cron jobs.

Any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreiciated.

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 12-17-2008
are you able to provide details of the script you're running via cron?
# 3  
Old 12-18-2008
In general 'sudo' in a cron script is a bad idea. Also, in your scripts are you using the full path/command? You should do that. Are you cable to just install the job under root?
# 4  
Old 12-18-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by WhotheWhat
When the script is run through crontab I get the error "cron: not found".
Sounds like the "Cron Error Number 1" to me: read here how to get over that.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
# 5  
Old 12-18-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by melias
are you able to provide details of the script you're running via cron?
What details would you nedd?

The jist of it is it uses the sudo command to change the permissions of a file, making it writable, then empties the contents of said file (cat > /dev/null).

So without the sudo command, the file cannot be emptied.
# 6  
Old 12-18-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by flakblas
In general 'sudo' in a cron script is a bad idea. Also, in your scripts are you using the full path/command? You should do that. Are you cable to just install the job under root?
Yes, the full path is being used.

No, I cannot install it under root.
# 7  
Old 12-18-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by bakunin
Sounds like the "Cron Error Number 1" to me: read here how to get over that.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
So to see if this is the case, I need to copy the "PATH=" variable from the env file into my script?

Sorry if this was answered in the link you supplied, but I am a beginner with unix and am not sure what the resolution was that was provided.

Thanks.
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