Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 71.142.66.74]
on August 22, 2008 06:56 AM
IIRC, cron can't run graphical applications either. I think it has something to do with the lack of "controlling terminal".
If you do a `ps ax' you will see
3112 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/crond
but
3760 pts/0 Rs 0:00 -/bin/bash
The question mark shows that the crond's stdin/stdout/stderr are not associated with an interactive terminal and the processes it spawns can't inherit such a terminal.
(This is merely a guess)
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cron can't do this either
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 71.142.66.74] on August 22, 2008 06:56 AMIf you do a `ps ax' you will see
3112 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/crond
but
3760 pts/0 Rs 0:00 -/bin/bash
The question mark shows that the crond's stdin/stdout/stderr are not associated with an interactive terminal and the processes it spawns can't inherit such a terminal.
(This is merely a guess)
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