Re: Cron job Failure

[Dion Stempfley <dtsonline@verizon.net>]

Are there any messages in your cron log?  Are other cron jobs running okay?

In my experience, once you've eliminated the cron daemon and problems 
with the config file, job failures result from problems in the 
environment.  Make sure that the system environment contains everything 
it needs to run the client program.  Common problems I have had include 
the command path and dynamic library path.
I usually write a script that sets up the environment I need and then 
calls the executable.  Then in the crontab put the full path to the script.
Good Luck,

Dion

> *From:* nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org 
> [mailto:nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org] *On Behalf Of *Frank OSborne
> *Sent:* Friday, February 23, 2007 14:08
> *To:* nessus@list.nessus.org
> *Subject:* Cron job Failure
>
>  
>
> I have a dilemma that I hope someone else here has dealt with. I'm
> using SUSE 10.1 and I have a scheduled cron job that fails to execute, but
> runs fine from the CLI manually. Its a Scheduled Nessus scan with "safe
> checks" enabled so I do get a prompt (see below) which doesn't require
> any input but once scheduled this thing won't run. I'm doing everyting
> as root so I don't think its a rights issue . Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Command issued:
> nessus -q 127.0.0.1 1241 user password
> /home/osbfr01/iscan/testtarget.txt /home/osbfr01/iscan/test1.html
>
> Prompt:
>
> *** The plugins that have the ability to crash remote services or hosts
> have been disabled. You should activate them if you want your security
> audit to be complete
>    
> Thanks in advance, Frank
>  
>
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