"su" issues

[unixkid]

I'm trying to "su" as root in a cron with the following

su - newuser -c "/opt/script"

the script will not run but will run fine it fromt eh command line

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
This may be because the script is owned by root and is not executable by the userid that u want it to run from.Just change the permissions for it and try executing again.
I hope this helps....

 

[unixkid]

nope the script is owned by the correct user. It errors as if it cant find all of the su-ed users enviorment files & settings. Even though I'm sourcing those in the script at the begining.

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
ok....then the script is probably not able to export the settings that u have declared in that.can u show the script?

 

[unixkid]

############################################################
# --- starts EMSEUWEB WEB and dbase #
########################################################
su - oracle -c "/u01/app/oracle/admin/scripts/start_EMSEUWEB_db"
su - oracle -c "/u01/app/oracle/admin/scripts/start_WEB_db"
####################################################
/opt/IBMHTTPD/bin/apachectl start
#############################################################################
#---- starts IBM WebSphere Server
nohup /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/startupServer.sh &
##############################################################################
# --- start Application
su - ems -c "/u02/app/EMSEUWEB/TradeSphere72/scripts/ts_start.sh"
############################################################# ---- Start EMS Application
############################################################su - ems -c "/u02/app/EMSEUWEB/scripts/startenv.ksh"
su - ems -c "/u02/app/EMSEUWEB/scripts/starte

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
u'r script seems to be fine....I think u'r problem is occurring when the application starts.One more thing: does u'r script ts_start.sh depend upon Websphere server.If it does ,then the prob cud be due to that as Websphere app may not have started by that time u'r script executes.
Secondly, u can also try this:-give sh before the command eg('sh /u02/app/EMSEUWEB/TradeSphere72/scripts/ts_start.sh'.
See if this helps......

 

[unixkid]

what is the sh doing at the front of the script. I was thinking maybe if I put $HOME/.profile at the head of the script it might source in the ENV

 

[NavinB]

Well u can source .profile also, in the beginning of the script and sh is the shell-command interpreter which executes u'r *.sh scripts.