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Old 03-01-2014, 01:01 PM   #1
pappin
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crontab - root user query


Hello all,

Can anyone please help me with a problem I'm having with crontab.

I have a bash script to do a tar backup. The script mails a log on completion to root but I would like a visual while the script is running.

The script is pdb-test-cron (rwx) root.

I have tried the following in my /etc/crontab while logged in as pappin

This works in as far as it opens an xterm window but fails because the script needs to run as root
* * * * * pappin DISPLAY=:0 xterm -hold -e /home/apps/dev/shell-scripts/pdb-test-cron

This doesn't work at all (unless I am logged in as root) - doesn't open xterm window or run the script
* * * * * root DISPLAY=:0 xterm -hold -e /home/apps/dev/shell-scripts/pdb-test-cron

I don't really want to be logged in as root to run the script.

Is there anyway to get this to work while logged in as a non-root user ?

Thanks very much

pappin
 
Old 03-02-2014, 12:56 AM   #2
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sudo http://linux.die.net/man/8/sudo, http://linux.die.net/man/5/sudoers
 
Old 03-05-2014, 04:28 AM   #3
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Thanks for your reply Chris - got it sorted

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