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ggalan

01-09-2012 05:03 PM

apachectl graceful error from cron

i have a cron file that reloads apache using

Code:

RELOAD="/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful"

but in the log i get an error

Code:

(13)Permission denied: Error retrieving pid file run/httpd.pid Remove it before continuing if it is corrupted.

ive tried

Code:

RELOAD="/usr/sbin/sudo apachectl graceful"

with no luck. do i need to own a folder or give special permission somewhere?

just tried

Code:

RELOAD="sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful"

and got

Code:

sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

trbennett48

01-09-2012 06:27 PM

Two things:

- is RELOAD="/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful" the correct format for a crontab file????
I don't have Linux, but I use AIX, and its crontab file has this format:

Code:

minute hour day_of_month month weekday command

Example for running "graceful" at 10:05 AM

Code:

05 10 * * * /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful

- Rather than trying to use "sudo"... put the graceful command in ROOT's crontab...

-tony

ggalan

01-09-2012 06:31 PM

the crontab is

Code:

0 */2 * * * /usr/local/bin/check.sh httpd /etc/httpd/conf.x/cronfile >> /var/log/date.log 2>&1

check.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash



if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]

then

    echo "<*> usage: $0 <service> <target_file_to_monitor>"

    exit 0

fi



SERVICE=$1

TARGET=$2

SHORTNAME=$(basename $TARGET)

RELOAD="sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful"



touch ./last_checksum_$SHORTNAME

md5sum $TARGET > ./current_checksum_$SHORTNAME

$(diff -q ./last_checksum_$SHORTNAME ./current_checksum_$SHORTNAME > /dev/null 2>&1 )

if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]

then

    echo "[*] no change `date`, week `date +"%V"`"

else

    echo "[*] $TARGET modified `date`, week `date +"%V"`"

    $RELOAD

    cp ./current_checksum_$SHORTNAME ./last_checksum_$SHORTNAME

fi

ggalan

01-09-2012 07:56 PM

think i got it

Code:

0 */2 * * * sudo /usr/local/bin/check.sh httpd /etc/httpd/conf.x/cronfile >> /var/log/date.log 2>&1

but had to edit
sudo nano /etc/sudoers

then add
Defaults:%USER-NAME !requiretty
Defaults:USER-NAME !requiretty

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