RE: mount file share in cron --SOLVED

2005-06-21 Thread Michael Martinell
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Martinell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:02 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: mount file share in cron > > I have set up a backup job that will mount a share, perform the backup and > then umount the share.

Re: cron solved

2003-02-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Ina&Frank wrote: > > From my experience with AIX (IBM-UNIX) I always run crontab -e being > the user I have to change for, root for the root crontable. This is how > I got puzzled by Debian and did not really find a solution in the > manpages for editing cron for root. For other users the manpa

cron solved

2003-02-16 Thread
George, Thanx for your explaination. I read the man 5 cron manpage (I ran man 5 cron) and understood that you have to use (better to do so) the -u option. My problem was that I want to 'load' and 'unload' a firewall rule periodically. iptables runs (kernel 2.4.18) under root, so I had to edit

Re: cron solved

2003-02-15 Thread George Georgalis
On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 10:25:31PM +0100, Ina&Frank wrote: >Thanx for your explaination. I read the man 5 cron manpage (I ran man 5 >cron) and understood that you have to use (better to do so) the -u option. > >My problem was that I want to 'load' and 'unload' a firewall rule >periodically. ipta

cron solved

2003-02-15 Thread
George, Thanx for your explaination. I read the man 5 cron manpage (I ran man 5 cron) and understood that you have to use (better to do so) the -u option. My problem was that I want to 'load' and 'unload' a firewall rule periodically. iptables runs (kernel 2.4.18) under root, so I had to edit

Re: Slow iptables && impatient cron solved

2002-02-20 Thread Tony Crawford
Alan James wrote (on 20 Feb 2002 at 15:53): > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:16:15PM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: > > > By experimenting, I found out that the long lookup occurred > when my > iptables rules used a netmask that does not correspond > to a known > subnet, namely 192.168.2.0/28 when the lo

Re: Slow iptables && impatient cron solved

2002-02-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Tony Crawford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020220 06:14]: > Meanwhile, while we're on the subject, is there a way I can make > cron (or run-parts or whoever) wait longer for the output before > timing out? Or maybe detach the process? Or is that a bad idea? What if you had 2 separate jobs: one runs ip

Re: Slow iptables && impatient cron solved

2002-02-20 Thread Alan James
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:16:15PM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: > > By experimenting, I found out that the long lookup occurred when my > iptables rules used a netmask that does not correspond to a known > subnet, namely 192.168.2.0/28 when the local network is > 192.168.2.0/24. iptables was app

Re: Slow iptables && impatient cron solved

2002-02-20 Thread Tony Crawford
I wrote (on 20 Feb 2002 at 13:08): > Karl E. Jorgensen wrote (on 20 Feb 2002 at 9:57): > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 09:13:47AM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: > > > Hi Gang! > > [...] > > Running iptables -L by hand, I see that > > it's very slow. It takes > a minute or two to read out the FORWARD >