topic Re: cronjob - lwp-request cmd cause error in Operating System - HP-UX

cronjob - lwp-request cmd cause error

jasonK_1 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:44:48 GMT

Hi,

I got the following error "sh: add: Execute permission denied." for a command in the crontab as follow: /opt/perl_32/bin/lwp-request -m GET www.xyz.com >/dev/null

Which part is wrong? I usually test a command out before add into the crontab.

Re: cronjob - lwp-request cmd cause error

Mel Burslan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:11:32 GMT

make sure /opt/perl_32/bin/lwp-request -m GET www.xyz.com execute permission for the owner of the crontab, under which you are trying to run the script.

Also make sure the first line states something line

#!/usr/bin/perl

which should be the path to an existing perl interpreter binary. (I am assuming your script is in perl language here. If not, substitute my suggestion with the shell type you would like to run your script in.

Re: cronjob - lwp-request cmd cause error

jasonK_1 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:16:40 GMT

Mel,

I run that command as root and the lwp-request mode is 755 also there is #!/opt/perl_32/bin/perl -w at the beginner of the script.

Re: cronjob - lwp-request cmd cause error

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:32:50 GMT

The error message mentions "add". Is there a command or other script call "add" that is called from your lwp-request script?

Re: cronjob - lwp-request cmd cause error

jasonK_1 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:57:00 GMT

Patrick,

I grep for add but nothing.

Re: cronjob - lwp-request cmd cause error

jasonK_1 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:24:59 GMT

Don't know what the problem is but it went away.