Rhat es 3 - ftp script - works 'by hand'/fails from cron - auth gssapi/kerberos issue

SwampThing

Probably been asked a thousand times!

A shell script contains
ftp -i -n -u < ftp.sf > ftp.out 2>&1
if [ -s ftp.out ];then
echo "FAILED" >> $rpt
else
echo "OK" >> $rpt
fi

ftp.sf contains
open diver
user abc abc123
cd raw_data/dbc
put diver.file
bye


If I run the script 'by hand', it works fine. If I run it from a cron - no joy.
The ftp.out file has 'ftp: u: unknown option' in it - so the test in the script assumes failure.


-- More info - If i do this / I get this...

[frank@BWGA scripts]$ ftp -inu diver2
Connected to diver2.
220 diver2 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).
ftp>


[frank@BWGA scripts]$ ftp -in diver2 <- 'u' taken out
Connected to diver2.
220 diver2 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).
500 'AUTH GSSAPI': command not understood
500 'AUTH KERBEROS_V4': command not understood
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
ftp>

What's the issue with running it from the script?
What does is output the 'ftp: u: unknown option' when run from the cron and how do I stop it?

de8o

might be down to PATH statement. echo your path and the get cron to echo path variable. If different, and they often are, it could be that you are using ftp from different locations.

Fix. Give full paths to everything in your script.