Possible permissions problems with scripts from cron/xinit

[fraun]

Hi,

I'm not really sure what the problem is and don't know what logs or details to paste...

Example 1: offlineimap

I use a postsynchook to run a bash script in ~/bin. This script runs when I call offlineimap through a terminal, but doesn't run when it's called through cron. Everything else works fine regarding offlineimap through cron and cron is being run for my user. When I create a file using cron, ie touch file, it has the correct permissions.

Example 2: sxhkd

I use sxhkd for window management. When it is started through startup scripts like xprofile or xinitrc I cannot give it bash scripts to run stored in ~/bin. But like with offlineimap, if I start sxhkd through a terminal logged in as a user then it runs any script no problem.

Thanks for any help

[mike155]

If you run scripts or programs from cron or during system bootup, the environment will be different, especially the PATH variable.

Add the line below to your scripts

[fraun]

Ok, I think I'm close to the problem. What you've said makes sense and through some more digging i think some of my problems are that DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS isn't being set.

when I look at /tmp/env-$(/bin/date +%s).txt its super short: