On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, kent emia wrote: > hi guyz i have a problem.. maybe this sound so very simple for you out > there but ... its like hell down here .. > > ok. i have to make a crontab to automate the connection of workstations > to the internet, using iptables there are certain times they are allow > and not... > > so i created a script files named > 'restoreConnection' and 'dropConnection' exucuting these files is not a > problem but when applying to the crontab is ... > > in the crontab when i will say > 30 8 * * * echo "test">cron.file > it will work but if followed by an iptable command > > 30 8 * * * echo "test">cron.file > 30 8 * * * iptables -F CUSTOMINPUT (this wont work) You probably need to specify the full path to the iptables command: 30 8 * * * /sbin/iptables -F CUSTOMINPUT -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list