Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 12:07:29 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Marlon Martin <mmp013@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron question Message-ID: <20060405090729.GC29282@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <b2e814f30604041603i3149fdfene6d7c4c6ec58cf21@mail.gmail.com> References: <b2e814f30604041603i3149fdfene6d7c4c6ec58cf21@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2006-04-05 07:03, Marlon Martin <mmp013@gmail.com> wrote: > i created a simple shell script: > > filename: rn > > #!/bin/sh > rndc dumpdb > > what it does, is just dump the hostname and IP addresses in /var/dump > i set the time in 2 minutes but when i checked the logs, it doesnt work any > idea what did i missed here? > > ============================================== > > SHELL=/bin/sh > PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin > HOME=/var/log > # > #minute hour mday month wday who command > # > */5 * * * * root /usr/libexec/atrun > # > # Save some entropy so that /dev/random can re-seed on boot. > */11 * * * * operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy > # > # Rotate log files every hour, if necessary. > 0 * * * * root newsyslog > # > # Perform daily/weekly/monthly maintenance. > 1 3 * * * root periodic daily > 15 4 * * 6 root periodic weekly > 30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly > /2 * * * * root /home/ken/rn You are missing a star '*' character before '/2' near the beginning of the line immediatelly above. Try this instead: */2 * * * * root /home/ken/rn Then make sure /home/ken/rn is executable. I'd also suggest moving your `rn' script in `/root/scripts/rn' and making `root:wheel' its owner. The crontab entries from `/etc/crontab' are executed with root permissions, so giving the user `ken' control over what runs is creating a backdoor for anyone who gets access to that non-root user account. - Giorgos
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