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  1. #1

    OpenDNS script

    Hi.

    I have strange situation with OpenDNS update script.
    It is looks like this:
    Code:
    #!/bin/sh
    TEMP=pliktemp
    trap cleanup 1 2 3 6
    cleanup()
    {
       rm $TEMP
       exit 1
    }
    
    update()
    {
            /opt/bin/curl -o $TEMP -u user:password https://updates.opendns.com/nic/update
    
    
            if [ `cat $TEMP | grep -c good` = 1 ]
            then
                    logger OpenDNS updated successfully
            else
                    while [ $ERROR -gt 0 ]; do
                            ERROR=$(($ERROR-1))
                            sleep 10s
                            update
                    done
                    logger OpenDNS update failed
            fi
    }
    
    update
    rm $TEMP
    exit 0
    When I run this script manually it is working fine, in system log I got something like:
    Code:
    Sep 30 16:11:46 admin: OpenDNS updated successfully
    But when I put this script in cron "cron.hourly" directory, after execution in system log i got:
    Code:
    Sep 30 16:01:33 admin: OpenDNS update failed
    What is wrong?

    Please give some help

  2. #2
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    Generally speaking, the probable difference between manual run of the script and starting of it from cron (or post-boot etc.) is the environment. Usually in such cases there is something wrong with PATH variable.

    I'd suggest:
    1) check what the environment is during the execution of the script
    2) declare PATH explicitly at the beginning of the file

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