Setting up a cronjob in Webmin

fredo · Post by **fredo** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:52 am

Hello,
I'm trying to set up a cronjob through webmin in order to allow fetchmail to run periodically in retrieving a number of email accounts from a remote server to my zimbra accounts.
It seems the cronjob doesn't start though and i'm having to initiate it manually.

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:00 am

I presume you're using the fetchmail icon on the Webmin/Servers page to set this up? You have also set polling enabled? You have also set the 'Schedule Checking'?

fredo · Post by **fredo** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:02 am

[quote user="10330phoenix"]I presume you're using the fetchmail icon on the Webmin/Servers page to set this up? You have also set polling enabled? You have also set the 'Schedule Checking'?[/QUOTE]
Yes mate have set all that but it's not polling by itself.

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:04 am

On the System/Scheduled Cron Job does it show an entry for fetchmail and is it enabled?

fredo · Post by **fredo** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:06 am

[quote user="10330phoenix"]On the System/Scheduled Cron Job does it show an entry for fetchmail and is it enabled?[/QUOTE]
Yes it shows an entry set as /etc/webmin/fetchmail/check.pl --mail user.name@domain.com --errors

fredo · Post by **fredo** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:06 am

[quote user="fredo"]Yes it shows an entry set as /etc/webmin/fetchmail/check.pl --mail user.name@domain.com --errors[/QUOTE]
But it doesn't actually run the .fetchmailrc script.

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:07 am

That's incorrect, it should show the following (if you set this up with the webmin fetchmail module):
/etc/webmin/fetchmail/check.pl --null
It runs that cron job as root not the user.

fredo · Post by **fredo** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:09 am

[quote user="10330phoenix"]That's incorrect, it should show the following (if you set this up with the webmin fetchmail module):
/etc/webmin/fetchmail/check.pl --null
It runs that cron job as root not the user.[/QUOTE]
mmm... dunno mate. I'll be trying to dabble with it.

fredo · Post by **fredo** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:11 am

[quote user="fredo"]mmm... dunno mate. I'll be trying to dabble with it.[/QUOTE]

Yes, the cronjob command i stated above runs as root also. Should i create a cronjob to execute the .fetchmailrc script for each user ? Could this do the trick ?

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:11 am

It's fairly straight forward using the webmin fetchmail module. I'd suggest you delete that cron job and anything you've created with the fetchmail module and start again. Post back the details when you've done that and describe exactly what you've done (if it doesn't work).