Re: Running a script from /etc/ip-up.d
Thanks,
I will try that, but the .fetchmailrc file in /home/cdysthe is owned by root.
Shouldn't that be enough?
On 13-Apr-99 John Hasler wrote:
>> #! /bin/sh
>> fetchmail -f /home/cdysthe/.fetchmailrc
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>> However, if I put it in /etc/ip-up.d they do not work as intended: I can
>> see the fetchamil process start as soon as I am connected, but fetchmail
>> won't collect mail in this case. It just hangs there inactive.
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> In ip-up.d it is being run as root, not as cdysthe. Try
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> su -c fetchmail cdysthe
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> This will run the fetchmail command as 'cdysthe'.
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Christian Dysthe
Email: cdysthe@bigfoot.com
http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe
ICQ 3945810
Date: 13-Apr-99
Time: 15:05:23
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