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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:22:32 -0400
From:      Schiz0 <schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com>
To:        "Nicolas Letellier" <nicolas@nicoelro.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: restart named in a cron
Message-ID:  <8d23ec860806241122v849e770x2ae96d3a68152de4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080624201720.e90b1a07.nicolas@nicoelro.net>
References:  <20080624201720.e90b1a07.nicolas@nicoelro.net>

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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Nicolas Letellier <nicolas@nicoelro.net> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I want to restart named in a script executed by a cron. My script is:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # verify named conf and restart it
> /usr/sbin/named-checkconf
> if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
>        echo "Errors when verifying named configuration"
>        exit 1
> else
>        /etc/rc.d/named restart > /dev/null
> fi
>
> # Ok, it's done
> exit 0
>
>
> However, the cron returns some errors:
> umount: not found
> mtree: not found
> umount: not found
> mount: not found
> /etc/rc.d/named: WARNING: devfs_domount(): Unable to mount devfs on /var/named/dev
> devfs: not found
> devfs: not found
>
> I can restart named manually, but not with a cron.
>
> Do you have an idea to solve this problem? Why could I restart it manually and not with a cron?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
>  -Nicolas.

The /etc/rc.d/named script probably relies on the $PATH to start some
stuff up. Since it's run via cron, try setting the $PATH in your
crontab (or the script itself).



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