On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:21:22 -0600 Tim Daneliuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Randy Pratt wrote: > > > On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:25:49 -0600 > > Tim Daneliuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Where is the default path for cron jobs established? (And can it > >>be changed...) > >> > > > > > > Take a look at: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-cron.html > > > > and see if that answers your question. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Randy > > -- > > > > Well ... it answered my question partially. But as I looked back over > it, I realized my central questions are still unanswered: > > If I do not have a PATH= statement in a particular user's crontab, > what is used for a default PATH? >From "man 5 crontab" : Several environment variables are set up automatically by the cron (8) daemon. SHELL is set to /bin/sh, PATH is set to /usr/bin:/bin, and LOGNAME and HOME are set from the /etc/passwd line of the crontab's owner. HOME, PATH and SHELL may be overridden by settings in the crontab; LOGNAME may not. > Is the path in /etc/crontab inherited somehow? > > Given that the default shell is /bin/sh, are the settings > in /etc/profile observed? If no PATH is established there either, > what will cron use? > > I am trying to determine the best place to establish correct global > PATH settings for all cron users so I don't have to edit each users' > crontab file when file locations are updated or changed. It seems that the PATH is being set in the source code, in particular /usr/src/usr.sbin/cron/cron/pathnames.h : #ifndef _PATH_DEFPATH # define _PATH_DEFPATH "/usr/bin:/bin" #endif I suppose its possible to change the source and rebuild but there may be subtle interactions that aren't readily apparent that would need to be considered. There may even be a knob to tweak somewhere for this. Sorry I can't give you a definitive answer on this. Perhaps someone with more direct experience can give you proper guidance here. Best regards, Randy -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
