Let's think about this for a moment: you have a script that will be run by root, and you've made it world writable. Is that a smart idea?

At very least, # chmod 744 tftpd_check.sh

Next, we know crond is running because other cronjobs are getting run. If you wanted to verify that crond was running, one quick way to do so is: # pgrep crond

Next, start taking a look at /var/log/cron to see what you can figure out about whether your job really is or isn't getting run.

Finally, there are several suggestions in this thread for you to check root's mail for clues. Have you done that?

# mail

This part of your script will never work as you expect, unless you explicitly set the environment variable DISPLAY inside your script and you have permissions to use an active X windows (if any). Indeed, there is no X assigned by the cron daemon.

Anyway it looks to me that this kind of interactive job (you want to start an interactive tftp session, right?) is not suitable for running in a crontab. Just my personal opinion.

Hi,

Can you please let me know how i can set the DISPLAY variable inside the script?
In the script, i am trying to check if tftpd is running and if not going to start it.

Can somebody please check this???? I have not received any answers for 2 days....