DO you have your "root" cron script set with appropriate permissions? It is
actually easier to just add tasks in the regular cron scripts and you can
set the intervals much easier.
You might also want to look at "logwatch". It lets you set up for monitoring
of logs very easily.
Don Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harper, John P" <john.harper@eds.com>
To: <security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:21 AM
Subject: crontab and cron
> 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.
> ***********************************************************************
> 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
> ************************************************************************
> 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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