[Sheflug] Re: Cron Job

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard  <richard [at] sheflug.co.uk> writes:

    >> ls -l /usr/sbin/isdnctrl and

    Richard> -rwsr-x--- 1 root uucp 41045 Aug 7 7 22:02
    Richard> /usr/sbin/isdnctrl

    >> file /usr/sbin/isdnctrl may be enlightening.

    Richard> setuid ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1,
    Richard> dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped

bingo

    Richard> I think that something like `./isdnctrl dial ippp0' might
    Richard> work ? Well, tried all the others.

No.  `/usr/sbin/isdnctrl dial ippp0'  Since it's the global crontab
and you're specifying root as the user, you shouldn't have problems
with permissions.  You should check root's mail and the logs for the
output of the echo command you tried.  (cron jobs which produce output
normally produce mail for the user who runs them.)

Ehm - which cron are you using (Debian defaults to Vixie cron, I think
Linux in general uses that, but just to make sure)?  (Read the manpage
to find out; sorry, I know that's against your religion.)

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