On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Manikandan M <mani....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have written a small script to email (using ssmpt) some details, and > scheduled it in crontab. The script is running as per time mentioned in the > cron but ssmtp is not sending the mail. please find the details below. > > user@host ~ $ cat bin/email-script > /home/user/bin/actual-script > ~/details-file > ssmtp usern...@gmail.com < ~/details-file > echo $? > ~/email-status > > The crontab entry is as below > 0 9 * * * /home/user/email-script > > When i execute the script manually i'm getting the email from ssmtp. but > when the script is executed using cron i'm not getting the email. I checked > the status of the ssmtp and the status is 127. > > Please can anyone suggest what might be wrong in my setup.
cron operates in a restricted environment, so what works in an ordinary user's environment will often not work in cron. Try giving the full path to your executable in the script. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cajvvkso5brnij2sclpuos4fh_xdmptaanvryfb5sdjwrbhr...@mail.gmail.com
