Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:41:22 +0000 From: twilight <pipfstarrd@openmailbox.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Using notify-send for notifications from cron-run scripts Message-ID: <22638a43-6e29-c8ba-9535-decf2c436792@openmailbox.org>
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Hello guys! I'm trying to do some automation on my machine and I would like to have freebsd-update and portsnap ran weekly. I want to send a notification to my X session after completing the update fetch, that new updates are available (updating automatically would not be desired as a good case due to uncontrollable results). But I've came across a problem: fetching fresh ports and freebsd updates requires the scripts to be ran from root, but in root session I'm unable to notify-send anything to my display. I've tried to set `export DISPLAY=:0`, but that didn't work out. Also I've tried to use `env DISPLAY=:0 su twilight -c 'notify-send "...."'` but that didn't work out either. Searching the net also lead me up to the same advances. What am I doing wrong? I'd be very thankful for any advice -- Cheers~ PGP key fingerprint: 07B3 2177 3E27 BF41 DC65 CC95 BDA8 88F1 E9F9 CEEF You can retrieve my public key at pgp.mit.edu.
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