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# 1  
Old 04-24-2010
Crontab Permissions Issue with Python
I have a cron on a Linux server that isn't executing properly.
CRON (with specific info replaced):

Code:
MAILTO=emailaddress@server.com
*/2 * * * * python /data/site/cron.py



OUTPUT:
Code:
python: can't open file '/data/site/cron.py
': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Additional info
- The python path is correct
- Cron is a root cron
- Cron format is correct and the cron runs every 2 minutes as specified, but gets the error 'cannot open file'
- the command "python /data/site/cron.py" runs fine in the shell
- SELinux is turned off
- File permissions for cron.py are 777

I've tried everything that I can think of. Any ideas why the cron does not see the file?
# 2  
Old 04-24-2010
Check with the permissions
# cat /etc/cron.d/cron.deny
daemon
bin
smtp
nuucp
listen
nobody
noaccess
# 3  
Old 04-24-2010
Is it trying to open the filename with an appended newline? Note the closing quote around the filename in the error message begins on a second line.

Regards and welcome to the forum,
Alister
# 4  
Old 04-24-2010
Issue Resolved
cron.deny was empty.

It was the new line character issue.

I used crontab -e and pasted it in manually instead of reading from a text file (crontab cron.txt) and it runs.

I put the linebreak in on purpose (to avoid EOF error) Maybe it was saved with the wrong encoding or had /r/n or something.

Anyway, it's working like a champ now!

Thanks for your help, this forum is awesome!
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