On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 02:18:45PM +0200, Steve S wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to run a cronjob in a user's environment (i.e. as this user and > not as root). > > The script foo.sh to be run by cron on behalf of the a user (johndoe) > needs some env vars (paths) from that user's ~/.bashrc. > > I read about several solutions: > > 1) use su > > If I try in the crontab > > 10 12 * * */2 su -p - johndoe -c /home/johndoe/foo.sh
Don't edit crontab. Edit a file under /etc/cron.d . And use the following line: 10 12 * * */2 johndoe /home/johndoe/foo.sh (or 'cron -e' as that user, as someone has already mentioned). -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
