To use cron on CheckPoint Gaia firewall you need to create a separate user, as “admin” user crontab file is overwritten on every reboot by /bin/cron_xlate.
Instead of using default command :
> crontab -e
It will warn you as follows:
# This file was AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED # Generated by /bin/cron_xlate on Wed Jan 14 13:33:33 2015 # # DO NOT EDIT # SHELL=/bin/bash MAILTO="" # # mins hrs daysinm months daysinw command #
You will also need to specify the user:
> crontab -u cron_user -e
To create a new user for cron, use following commands:
add user cron_user uid 0 homedir /home/cron_user set user cron_user gid 100 shell /bin/bash add rba user cron_user roles adminRole set user cron_user password <ENTER>
Make sure you use new user’s home folder for output in your scripts, to avoid issues with permissions.