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# 8  
Old 07-12-2012
i executed the following :-

Code:
root@XXX:/var/adm/cron# ls -l
total 157856
prw-------    1 root     cron              0 Jul 12 16:40 FIFO
-rw-r-----    1 bin      cron              4 Feb 28 2007  at.deny
-rw-r-----    1 bin      cron              3 Feb 28 2007  cron.deny
-rw-rw-r--    1 bin      bin        80754654 Jul 12 17:38 log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     sys            1317 Feb 28 2007  queuedefs
root@XXX:/var/adm/cron# more cron.deny
 
 
 
root@XXX:/var/adm/cron#

The cron.deny is blank !

But when i am trying to run my cronjob from the user ABC it says "Permission Denied". Don't know why it shows that !!!!


Could you please let me know that is it possible to run the scripts from root of different users i.e I want to execute the scripts of "user ABC and tbmadm" from the "root" through cronjob !

But while doing so it says that "Script.ksh" not found !

While if I try to run the scripts from the respective user accounts the scripts run in a fine manner !

Could you please mind to let me know that why is this happening !!
# 9  
Old 07-12-2012
Lets try to see from the beginning:
1)What OS, version, (architecture- platform) and shell are we dealing with (yes it matters not all cron have same implementation...)
2) a user can have his own cron - but he has to have the correct permissions where needed/requested - Is this the case?
3) for a user to be able to run "as" root (is that what you want??) then you have to install if not present, configure and use sudo or su2
4) to test the user can: write a little script and launch it via crontab two minutes later (add an output to check...) Did it work?
# 10  
Old 07-13-2012
We are using IBM AIX 5.3 and dealing with Korn Shell !
Currently we are dealing with 3 users namely ABC, tcadm and root.
I have 2 scripts :-
(1.) BackupScript.ksh
(2.) DeleteScript.ksh

For all three users.

Now, I want to run these scripts through a cronjob.

I am able to run the cronjob from the user tcadm but while doing the same from user ABC I am not able to run cronjob !

I tried using the ABC to get the details using :-
Code:
ABC@XXX:/var/spool/cron# ls -l
total 0
drwxrwx--- 2 bin cron 256 Jan 19 11:31 atjobs
drwxrwx--- 2 bin cron 256 Jul 10 16:24 crontabs

From this it seems that the user ABC is not listed here !
Afterwards I tried the same using root account and the following was displayed :-
Code:
root@XXX:/var/spool/cron/crontabs# ls -l
total 56
-rw-r--r-- 1 adm cron 2020 Feb 28 2007 adm
-rw------- 1 root cron 222 Jan 22 2008 hostmon
-rw------- 1 root cron 225 Jul 9 15:15 root
-rw------- 1 root cron 85 Jun 22 15:11 root-5JULLY2012
-rw-r--r-- 1 sys cron 853 Feb 28 2007 sys
-rw------- 1 root cron 199 Jul 10 16:24 tcadm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root cron 1122 Feb 28 2007 uucp


I am able to run the script from tcadm in a simple way :-

Code:
tcadm@XXX   /PPP/TRY/Pxx/ACV/XXX/XXX/XXX#      BackupScript.ksh

But WhenI try to do the same from root user I get :-

Code:
root@XXX  /PPP/TRY/Pxx/ACV/XXX/XXX/XXX#      BackupScript.ksh
 
ksh: BackupScript.ksh:  not found

While I am able to execute the same via
Code:
root@XXX  /PPP/TRY/Pxx/ACV/XXX/XXX/XXX#    ./ BackupScript.ksh

(1.) Why does this happen ?
(2.) In this manner how am I able to run the cronjobs of different users from root ?

Please suggest !
# 11  
Old 07-13-2012
Who is supposed to have cron scheduling? You are far from being clear:
Code:
tcadm@XXX   /PPP/TRY/Pxx/ACV/XXX/XXX/XXX#      BackupScript.ksh

works when the user runs it not root you say, but who is supposed to run that script?

What you see in your second code window are the effective cron jobs under the user's name, if tcadm is not there, it does not mean he has not right but more he has no planified jobs...

Your problem seems mostly to not be able to load a crontab and environment issues...
# 12  
Old 07-13-2012
Thanks for the reply.

Actually its root who is supposed to run all the cron jobs !

In the
Code:
crontab -e

I have appended all the cronjobs of various users in it.
# 13  
Old 07-13-2012
Quote:
We are using IBM AIX 5.3 and dealing with Korn Shell !
Currently we are dealing with 3 users namely ABC, tcadm and root.
I have 2 scripts :-
(1.) BackupScript.ksh
(2.) DeleteScript.ksh
On AIX (or other...) a ordinary user has not in his PATH /usr/sbin whre you find all usual administation commands...
I suggest you check your 3 users have it in ther PATH variable.
Then create symbolic links: /usr/sbin/BackupScript.ksh and /usr/sbin/DeleteScript.ksh

That will solve your not found issue...
Make sure to have the environment updated for your crontab file...
# 14  
Old 07-13-2012
Just saw you last post...
The best is definitely to create those symbolic links...

So if root is the only user with the jobs now, all the others will not be able to see anymore...If that is OK for you...
Last edited by vbe; 07-13-2012 at 11:12 AM.. Reason: typos...
 
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