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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Expect Script Not working with Crontab Post 302620537 by methyl on Sunday 8th of April 2012 04:39:47 PM
Old 04-08-2012
Sorry, this should never work. There is no terminal context in cron. It is a background process.

Ps Please mention what Operating System and version you are running ("Linux box" is just too vague to be serious).
Just in case anybody on this board knows a dodge.


Quote:
When i run it manually, it works flawlessly
Please post what you typed verbatim and the response (abridged if it is long), and the exact and total response.

Last edited by methyl; 04-08-2012 at 06:01 PM..
 

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NAME
viewsu - change (virtual) user ID or become (virtual) superuser SYNOPSIS
viewsu [options] [username] DESCRIPTION
The viewsu command is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked without a username, viewsu defaults to becoming the supe- ruser. The optional argument - may be used to provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in directly. This command is the View-OS counterpart of the su(1) command. The value of $PATH is reset to /bin:/usr/bin for normal users, or /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin for the superuser. This may be changed with the ENV_PATH and ENV_SUPATH definitions in /etc/login.defs. OPTIONS
The options which apply to the viewsu command are: -c, --command COMMAND Specify a command that will be invoked by the shell using its -c. -, -l, --login Provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in directly. When - is used, it must be specified as the last viewsu option. The other forms (-l and --login) do not have this restriction. -s, --shell SHELL The shell that will be invoked. The invoked shell is chosen from (highest priority first): o The shell specified with --shell. o The shell indicated in the /etc/passwd entry for the target user. o /bin/sh if a shell could not be found by any above method. SEE ALSO
su(1), linux.defs(5) AUTHORS
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