SOLVED Cron job via webui for a jail task

[Joshua Walker]

I'm trying to run a cronjob from the webUI jexec Apps flock -n /media/Scripts/mm.lock -c "/media/Scripts/MediaMgmt_local.py -v" as the user media but it doesnt run. It runs if i make the user root

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[Jailer]

Did you have a question about something?

 

[Joshua Walker]

yes how to make it run under media since when it is set to use media as user, nothing runs. If i ssh into the jail and su media and run the script, it runs just fine.

 

[Jailer]

So if it runs as root from the GUI and successfully executes why does it matter?

 

[Joshua Walker]

So if it runs as root from the GUI and successfully executes why does it matter?

because the files that the script moves are set to root as owner instead of media which causes sonarr to throw up a access denied on my file

 

[m0nkey_]

You probably want the command jexec.

From the man page:

Code:

NAME
  jexec -- execute a command inside an existing jail

SYNOPSIS
  jexec [-l] [-u username | -U username] jail [command ...]

 

[Joshua Walker]

You probably want the command jexec.

From the man page:

Code:

NAME
  jexec -- execute a command inside an existing jail

SYNOPSIS
  jexec [-l] [-u username | -U username] jail [command ...]

Code:

jexec Apps flock -n /media/Scripts/mm.lock -c "/media/Scripts/MediaMgmt_local.py -v"

Works with root but not if i set it with media

 

[Joshua Walker]

so i added the shell to the media user

Code:

[root@srv-saitoh-app] ~# pw user mod media -s /bin/csh
[root@srv-saitoh-app] ~# grep media /etc/passwd
media:*:8675309:8675309:Media User:/var/empty:/bin/csh

Then i su into media and ran the script and i get this error. Which i guess must be the error i get from the cron job as well.

Code:

[root@srv-saitoh-app] ~# su media
[media@srv-saitoh-app] /root% jexec Apps flock -n /media/Scripts/mm.lock -c "/media/Scripts/MediaMgmt_local.py -v"
jexec: jail_attach(1): Operation not permitted

$PATH of media:

Code:

[media@srv-saitoh-app] /root% $PATH
/var/empty/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin: Command not found.

$PATH of root:

Code:

[root@srv-saitoh-app] ~# $PATH
/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin:/usr/local/fusion-io: Command not found.

But using

Code:

jexec -u media Apps flock -n /media/Scripts/mm.lock -c "/media/Scripts/MediaMgmt_local.py -v"

seems to work now since i added the shell to media. So its a workaround i guess