Unable to start service within script file initiated by cron - Raspberry Pi Forums

i've noticed deluged has tendency crash interested in monitoring service , restarting if necessary via cron, can't work.

here's cron job:

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* * * * * /home/pi/scripts/deluged-watcher.sh

i've verified cron job firing , logic in script works intended (ie. if modify script write string file instead of line below see occur fine), critical line never works. here line initially:

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sudo service deluge-daemon restart &

realized sudo isn't allowed in script, service command requires root permissions. tried removing sudo line above , instead ran cron job root adding way:

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sudo crontab -e -u root

didn't work. found out cron not knowing paths, , tried modifications line of script such as:

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/usr/sbin/service deluge-daemon restart &

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 /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon restart &

neither worked. tried adding "sudo" cron job, though it's supposed running root:

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* * * * * sudo /home/pi/scripts/deluged-watcher.sh

not sure else try.

cron entries run root privileges. possible service restarting , crashing again?

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