See correction below! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damon Muller) writes:
> Hi gang, > > I, like many of us here prolly, use fetchmail to grab my mail when I'm > online. As such, I've set up scripts in ip-up.d to start up fetchmail as > me to get my mail, and another in ip-down.d to stop fetchmail again when > I log off. > > My script in ip-up.d looks like this: > > #!/bin/sh > /bin/su -c '/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 300 --syslog -F -K -a --smtpaddress \ > rei' damon > > Which works fine, and grabs all my mail, using my ~/.fetchmailrc > > My script in ip-down.d looks like this: > > #!/bin/sh > su -c '/usr/bin/fetchmail --quit' damon /bin/su -c '/usr/bin/fetchmail --quit' damon ; Because the path is NOT set. > This one doesn't seem to work at all. After I log off, the fetchmail > process is still working, and I see fetchmail messages in my xconsole. > > This isn't a huge problem, but it *should* work, I would have thought. > > Anyone have any suggestions (yes, the script is executable, and it works > if I call it manually from root...) Works because it is in your path when you run manually! -- *********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/ --