I have a small problem setting up cron jobs for root on a RedHat Linux
Server.
Does anyone know where cron gets its X-Cron-Env: <variable> from?
When cron executes the script, the following gets mailed to root on the
server.
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m: root@localhost.localdomain (Cron Daemon)
To: root@localhost.localdomain
Subject: Cron <root@localhost> root /etc/httpd/conf/nmbd.chk
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
/bin/sh: root: command not found
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No error messages appear in system logs.
The script contains #!/bin/bash as the first line.
sh is a link to the bash shell in the /bin directory.
I have done an extensive search on Red Hat's site for any information on
this topic and come up dry.
The man pages do not shed much light in to this either.
I have never run across this before when setting up a cron or crontab job
request.
Sincerely,
John P. Harper CCNA / MCP
Security Administrator
EDS Department of Education Account
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