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
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