restart named in a cron

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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Nicolas Letellier <nicolas at nicoelro.net> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I want to restart named in a script executed by a cron. My script is:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # verify named conf and restart it
> /usr/sbin/named-checkconf
> if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
>        echo "Errors when verifying named configuration"
>        exit 1
> else
>        /etc/rc.d/named restart > /dev/null
> fi
>
> # Ok, it's done
> exit 0
>
>
> However, the cron returns some errors:
> umount: not found
> mtree: not found
> umount: not found
> mount: not found
> /etc/rc.d/named: WARNING: devfs_domount(): Unable to mount devfs on /var/named/dev
> devfs: not found
> devfs: not found
>
> I can restart named manually, but not with a cron.
>
> Do you have an idea to solve this problem? Why could I restart it manually and not with a cron?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
>  -Nicolas.

The /etc/rc.d/named script probably relies on the $PATH to start some
stuff up. Since it's run via cron, try setting the $PATH in your
crontab (or the script itself).