[Krelle1911]

Hi all

I have a script which renice all instances of srcds on the server. This script requires to be executed as sudo or root.

I want this script to be executed automatically (cronjob fx).

But when I target the script in cronjob, it doesnt execute, and I cannot figure out why. I set it up with the same command as for anything else.

The script is located in /home/srcds/renice.sh

I tried multiple things fx the cronjob on root user

30 * * * * cd /home/srcds && sh renice.sh

I also tried to put it in non root users crontab with the command

30 * * * * root cd /home/srcds && sh renice.sh

And also

30 * * * * sudo cd /home/srcds && sh renice.sh

The script simply wont execute this way. If I execute it as sudo with sudo ./renice.sh, then it works as intended. And if I do sudo su root, and execute it on root user, it also works, even though srcds instances are executed from a non sudo user.

Any suggestions?

I really want to renice via this script. But if it cant be done, what do you guys use to renice srcds?


*** EDIT ***
Server is running Ubuntu 18.04

[Krelle1911]

I solved it by using my brain.

Root user has privilege to execute a script owned by another user without using "cd" in crontab. In other words, it was solved by simply using the command below on the root user.


It renice all srcds to -19 ever hour at XX:00 24/7/365.

0 * * * * /home/srcds/renice.sh

Thanks for the help brain.

[asdfxD]

If it's just "renice srcds" than use simply in crontab instead of an extra script....

crontab -e as root:
0 * * * * renice -19 `pidof srcds_linux` >/dev/null 2>&1

[Krelle1911]

Originally Posted by asdfxD If it's just "renice srcds" than use simply in crontab instead of an extra script.... crontab -e as root: 0 * * * * renice -19 `pidof srcds_linux` >/dev/null 2>&1

I Got the script working - it is basically the same thing, but includes some other things as Well. Thanks tho