Re: cron not defining PATH

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>]

More info:

root's cron job does work. I have it run a script that simply is just 
one line:
echo $PATH

The cron email has:

X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin>

And the body is:

/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

root's crontab specifically defines the PATH.

# crontab -l -u root | grep PATH
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

But running the shell script as a normal user does:

X-Cron-Env: </usr/bin:/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin>

(notice no PATH=)

The output is:
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin

(see it has different PATH)

So then I had it also run "env" and "export" in the shell script. For 
the root it is:

CRON_WITHIN=7200
PWD=/var/log
HOME=/var/log
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
USER=root
LOGNAME=root
SHELL=/bin/sh

CRON_WITHIN
HOME
LOGNAME
PATH
PWD
SHELL
USER

(notice root's does have PATH)

For the regular user it is:

PWD=/home/jreed
HOME=/home/jreed
USER=jreed
LOGNAME=jreed
SHELL=/bin/sh

HOME
LOGNAME
PWD
SHELL
USER

(notice no PATH)

Now when I do set PATH in the user's crontab, it is fixed:

X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/foo/bar>

and my output:

/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/foo/bar

PWD=/home/jreed
HOME=/home/jreed
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/foo/bar
USER=jreed
LOGNAME=jreed
SHELL=/bin/sh

HOME
LOGNAME
PATH
PWD
SHELL
USER



I will open a ticket if needed.