On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Tim Wunder wrote: > Hi, > I've configured sudo so that I can execute checkinstall as my normal > user in an effort to automate the updating of gnucash from CVS. As far > as I can tell, sudo is working correctly. When I execute > /usr/bin/sudo checkinstall -R -y --pkgname=gnucash-CVS > --pkgversion=1.8.20030218 --provides=gnucash-CVS > from the command line, checkinstall is run, gnucash gets installed and > an RPM is built. It also works when the command gets executed from a script. > But, when the script is run as a cron job, it fails waiting for a password. > > What am I doing wrong? > > If you want to look at the script (my scripting skills are, um, basic, > to say the least...), you can find it here: > http://www.thewunders.org/files/gnucashUpdate
Who are you running the cronjob as? If you're doing this via a cronjob, why can't you just run the job as root? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
