User 'news' will not do cron job
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From: andrew on 23 Jan 2008 02:09 Hi, I am using Leafnode 2 on Slackware 12 and have a user 'news'. All is working well but for some reason news will not do the following cron jobs: 10 21 * * * /usr/sbin/texpire -vvv >/home/andrew/.texpirelog 2>&1 15 * * * * /usr/sbin/fetchnews -vvv >/home/andrew/.fetchnewslog 2>&1 But this works flawlessly as a /root/ crontab. I do /not/ have a cron.allow or .deny file and I am more than a little puzzled as to why this does not work. I can set a crontab for myself as a user quite easily. Any thoughts? Andrew PS I have posted a similar question on Linuxquestions.org and I hope this does not count as multi-posting. -- http://www.andrews-corner.org
From: Grant on 23 Jan 2008 04:26 On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:09:01 +1100, andrew <andrew(a)ilium.invalid> wrote: >Hi, > >I am using Leafnode 2 on Slackware 12 and have a user 'news'. All is >working well but for some reason news will not do the following cron >jobs: > >10 21 * * * /usr/sbin/texpire -vvv >/home/andrew/.texpirelog 2>&1 >15 * * * * /usr/sbin/fetchnews -vvv >/home/andrew/.fetchnewslog 2>&1 > >But this works flawlessly as a /root/ crontab. I do /not/ have a >cron.allow or .deny file and I am more than a little puzzled as to why >this does not work. I can set a crontab for myself as a user quite >easily. > >Any thoughts? Permissions? You're mixing 'news' with 'andrew', do the commands work when manually invoked? Grant. -- http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/
From: andrew on 23 Jan 2008 05:12 On 2008-01-23, Grant <g_r_a_n_t_(a)dodo.com.au> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:09:01 +1100, andrew <andrew(a)ilium.invalid> wrote: >>I am using Leafnode 2 on Slackware 12 and have a user 'news'. All is >>working well but for some reason news will not do the following cron >>jobs: >> >>10 21 * * * /usr/sbin/texpire -vvv >/home/andrew/.texpirelog 2>&1 >>15 * * * * /usr/sbin/fetchnews -vvv >/home/andrew/.fetchnewslog 2>&1 >> >>But this works flawlessly as a /root/ crontab. I do /not/ have a >>cron.allow or .deny file and I am more than a little puzzled as to why >>this does not work. I can set a crontab for myself as a user quite >>easily. [...] > Permissions? You're mixing 'news' with 'andrew', do the commands work > when manually invoked? Thanks Grant, you have hit the nail on the head and I curse myself for not having seen this sooner. 'news' could not access the log which was owned by 'andrew'with permissions 600. Once I changed the permissions all was well. Thanks, Andrew -- http://www.andrews-corner.org
From: Scott McMillan on 23 Jan 2008 09:04 On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:09:01 +1100, andrew <andrew(a)ilium.invalid> wrote: >Hi, > >I am using Leafnode 2 on Slackware 12 and have a user 'news'. All is >working well but for some reason news will not do the following cron >jobs: > >10 21 * * * /usr/sbin/texpire -vvv >/home/andrew/.texpirelog 2>&1 >15 * * * * /usr/sbin/fetchnews -vvv >/home/andrew/.fetchnewslog 2>&1 > >But this works flawlessly as a /root/ crontab. I do /not/ have a >cron.allow or .deny file and I am more than a little puzzled as to why >this does not work. I can set a crontab for myself as a user quite >easily. > >Any thoughts? > > Andrew > >PS I have posted a similar question on Linuxquestions.org and I hope >this does not count as multi-posting. Does your 'news' user have execute permissions for /usr/sbin/texpire and /usr/sbin/fetchnews? Does your 'news' user have write permissions within /home/andrew? And, if they already exist, write permissions on /home/andrew/.texpirelog and /home/andrew/.fetchnewslog? Does /var/log/cron give any clues? Scott McMillan
From: andrew on 23 Jan 2008 16:07 On 2008-01-23, Scott McMillan <smcmillan(a)twmi.rr.com> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:09:01 +1100, andrew <andrew(a)ilium.invalid> > wrote: >>I am using Leafnode 2 on Slackware 12 and have a user 'news'. All is >>working well but for some reason news will not do the following cron >>jobs: >> >>10 21 * * * /usr/sbin/texpire -vvv >/home/andrew/.texpirelog 2>&1 >>15 * * * * /usr/sbin/fetchnews -vvv >/home/andrew/.fetchnewslog 2>&1 [...] > Does your 'news' user have write permissions within /home/andrew? And, > if they already exist, write permissions on /home/andrew/.texpirelog > and /home/andrew/.fetchnewslog? Exactly! This turned out to be the problem: 'news' did not have permission to write the log. This has now been rectified and all is running smoothly. Thanks for your trouble, Andrew -- http://www.andrews-corner.org
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