We need to have /usr/local/bin in cron's path for all users. Is there a way to set it system-wide, without needing to edit each individual user's crontab?
We've tried adding PATH to /etc/crontab:
# grep PATH /etc/crontab
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/binBut when users have this in their crontab:
$ crontab -l | grep PATH
* * * * * echo $PATH > /tmp/current_cron_path...it reveals that their path is still set to default:
$ cat /tmp/current_cron_path
/usr/bin:/bin4 Answers
You can configure your PATH in crontab configuration file as shown in the first code except there. First specify the env variables, then specify jobs.
UPD: Due to fact that link is broken, here's an excerpt:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/
# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthlySetting the PATH variable should work in Ubuntu, how do you say it is not working ?
Refer #14: Linux Crontab: 15 Awesome Cron Job Examples
1I could not find a solution for this either. The closest I got to a decent solution is the following (taken from ).
- Change the shell for your cron job and point it to a bash script. I.e., at the top of the cronjob, add:
SHELL=/path/to/setup/cron.bash - In this shell script, load environment variables and specify other vars. Make sure to include the following 4 lines at the top. It resets the SHELL variable to bash, and executes a bash shell to run the cronjobs.
For example:
#!/bin/bash
set -e
source /etc/environment
source /etc/profile
# restore SHELL env var for cron
SHELL=/bin/bash
# execute the cron command in an actual shell
exec /bin/bash --norc "$@"Downside: this requires you to specify the SHELL=... at the top of every cronjob. Upside: you'll be using regular environment variables, and you won't have to worry about keeping variables consistent between cron and others
If you're able to be root, can you try editing /etc/init.d/cron and changing the PATH there?
I haven't tested this, but would be interesting to check.
