Hi all,
On further investigation I found that the PATH of the multicron-p@
process was /usr/bin:/bin. By redirecting std error of the mail
command I found that it was not finding the mail command.
</> # m ermsg
/etc/multicron-p: mail: command not found
I then hard coded the mail command as /usr/sbin/mail and the error I got was:
</> # m ermsg
getservbyname: not found
BusyBox v0.60.1 (2001.10.18-21:35+0000) multi-call binary
Usage: nc [IP] [port]
Error: Unknown response.
RSET
0:
Aborting due to connection error
Killing child processes: 23012 23014
The solution to this bug was to add PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin to the
multicron-p file. The end of the file should now look like:
[ ! -f /etc/lrp.conf ] && exit 1
. /etc/lrp.conf
PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
main
The mailadmin() fx now works properly. If there is a more elegant
solution please let me know.
Thanks,
Robert Williams
>On 12/29/01 at 9:47 PM, Robert Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I am using Dachstien 1.0.2 cd and I am having trouble with
>> the ping check function. If I run multicron-p from the
>> command line the ping check works and since the address is
>> bogus (for testing) it sends me an email.
>
>> Any idea why the mail feature would work from the command
>> line but not from cron?
>
>The general answer to a question of this type (i.e., why does this
>command work at the command line, but not when run from cron?) is that
>in the environment set during the execution of a script run from cron,
>there are only about SIX environment variables set, and much of the
>environment found in a command line environment is missing.
>
>However, in using standard scripts for Dachstein, this should not be a
>problem - but it occurs often enough that I thought I should mention
>it.
>--
>David Douthitt
>UNIX Systems Administrator
>HP-UX, Unixware, Linux
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