Take a look at the email generated by cron -- it will probably give you the reason why that command failed. Run the "mail" command to see the mail. If there is no mail for root, then there are chances that the mail is in /var/admin/dead.letter as an email that could not be delivered to the MTA.
Regards, Pritish >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/24/02 05:01AM >>> I have written a simple script to release address from the VPN Pool NAT on a nokia box :- #!/bin/sh echo about to clear >> /var/log/ClearVPNLog /opt/CPfw1-50-02/bin/fw tab -t fwx_ip_lookup_tab -t fwx_cntl_dyn_tab -s >> /var/log/ClearVPNLog echo cleared >> /var/log/ClearVPNLog date >> /var/log/ClearVPNLog When I run this from the command line it works as expected and I see all the addresses in the Pool released. However when I try and run it from crontab it runs all the commands except the fw one which is the useful one. ashfw02[root]# more /var/etc/crontab # This file was AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED # Generated by cron_xlate on Mon Sep 16 13:45:42 2002 # # DO NOT EDIT # SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin HOME=/var/log MAILTO="" # #minute hour mnthday month weekday user command # 5 * * * * root /etc/hourly 2>&1 >>/var/log/hour ly 30 0 * * 7 root /etc/weekly 2>&1 >>/var/log/week ly 15 0 * * * root /etc/daily 2>&1 >>/var/log/daily 45 0 1 * * root /etc/monthly 2>&1 >>/var/log/mon thly * */4 * * * root /opt/CPfw1-50-02/bin/ClearVPN I am not a Unix admin but have used these scripts before to check on the number of maiuls in the spool directory, Help !!! thanks Mark ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
