Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 10:55:59 GMT From: Spil Oss<spil.oss@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/106442: setting HOME crontab (vixie-cron) not functioning Message-ID: <200612071055.kB7Atx6n046438@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200612071100.kB7B0Txd032997@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 106442 >Category: bin >Synopsis: setting HOME crontab (vixie-cron) not functioning >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 07 11:00:28 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Spil Oss >Release: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 >Organization: n.a. >Environment: FreeBSD spil.somewhere.net 6.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #3: Mon Oct 2 15:10:32 CEST 2006 root@spil.somewhere.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BEASTIE61 i386 >Description: Adding a line like HOME=/home/user to a crontab does not change the HOME variable on runtime even though `man 5 crontab` specifies "HOME, PATH and SHELL may be overridden by settings in the crontab;" Scheduling `set` results in an email containing USER=user01 HOME=/home/user01 PS1='$ ' OPTIND=1 PS2='> ' LOGNAME=user01 PPID=80607 PATH=/usr/bin:/bin SHELL=/bin/sh IFS=' ' With (a.o.) email-header X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/user01> Setting e.g. PATH variable in crontab does work >How-To-Repeat: Add a line "HOME=string" to crontab Check environment of crontab >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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