Re: Serious environment problem with 7.2 on Solaris - Mailing list pgsql-general

sh: means /bin/sh

Try putting it in a script and then make the cron run the script.

This way you will have contril over the shell / interpreter you wish to
use

HTH

Darren Ferguson

On Mon, 13 May 2002, Randall Perry wrote:

> I  tried running this command in my CRON job just before the script command:
>     setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>     "/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/ssl/lib:/usr/local/lib/sasl"
>
> And got the error:
>
>     sh: setenv: not found
>
> What shell does CRON use?
>
> > Sorry, I didn't really think about my previous reply, here are some more
> > thoughts.
> > We have had real problems setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_RUN_PATH
> > variables as well.  These need to be set in every environment (Perl DBI,
> > crontab, profile etc.) that calls ld.
> >
> >
> > USERS
> > $ su
> > Doesn't execute $HOME/.profile
> > Remote users, or those that login will execute the .profile
> >
> > SO FOR CRONTAB
> > 1. Set the variables in the crontab file as environment variables (I am told
> > you can do this at the start of the crontab file?, but I haven't tried it
> > yet).
> > 2. Set the environment variable in the shell that includes postgresql
> > commands.
> >
> >
> > LD_RUN_PATH - I've had to set this at compile time when compiling Solaris 8
> > x86
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > David.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Randall Perry [mailto:rgp@systame.com]
> > Sent: 11 May 2002 20:01
> > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > Subject: [GENERAL] Serious environment problem with 7.2 on Solaris
> >
> >
> > Having major trouble with LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable under 7.2. Getting
> > the error:
> >
> > ld.so.1: psql: fatal: libgcc_s.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory
> > Killed
> >
> > When starting.
> >
> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set in root & postgres login script, but strange things
> > are happening with it. If I ssh into server using postgres account
> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set. But if I su postgres from another account it isn't,
> > though all other variables from login script are set ok.
> >
> > If I switch back to 7.1.3, no problem. Below are the situations where I can
> > and cannot connect.
> >
> > Is there some PgSQL misconfiguration I'm missing, or could there have been
> > something wrong with the compile?
> >
> >
> >
> > 7.1.3:
> >   no env problems
> >
> > 7.2:
> >   root                can connect
> >   root cron jobs      can't connect, libgcc_s.so.1: open failed
> >   remote users        can connect
> >   sudo root           can't connect, libgcc_s.so.1: open failed
> >   su postgres         can't connect, libgcc_s.so.1: open failed
> >   ssh postgres        can connect
> >
>
> --
> Randy Perry
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