>I have a simple script called routup.sh to start the routing at a certain
>time, it is excutable. It runs fine at the command line but not cron. here is
>what my cron entry looks like: 0 9 * * * root /etc/routup.sh
What is the reason to run this script in cron? ;-)
>#routup.sh >#!/bin/bash > >echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward >iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE
At first look: remove the first line. Let the #!/bin/bash be at the first instead of #routup.sh.
BTW: why do you run bash? Run sh. It's not error in fact, but the sh usage is something like idiom. AFAIK sh is link to your default shell, probably bash.
>I even went as far to add a path to the crontab file like this:
>vi crontab >/sbin/iptables.
This looks strange to me. Could you send more info if the stuff above wont help?
>where am i going wrong. >The o.s. is linux mandrake 9.0 > >thanks for any help,
Hope this helps,
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