Re: wget in cron issue with dns resolution of local server

[Tim Rühsen]

Hi,

are you sure that " and * are not somehow removed / expanded ?

To test, put the wget command into a shell script and start that script
in the crontab. Does this make a difference ?

Regards, Tim

On 12/17/19 2:55 PM, Álvaro Pinel Bueno wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I realized using wget secheduled in cron always ask to my dns
> server local-hostname resolution.
> 
> If I try in bash it doesn't happen but in root cron I receive in my dns
> server at first the resolution of the hostname of the host with the cron
> scheduled and after the resolution of the domain indicated in the
> wget command.
> 
> For example:
> 
> *alv4ro@dummy# crontab -l*
> *# m h  dom mon dow   command*
> ** * * * * **/usr/bin/wget  -q --no-check-certificate -O -
> --user-agent=WgetDummy/1.1 --post-data
>  "user=example&password=passexample&host=domain.com
> <http://domain.com>&ip=" "https://otherdomain.com/plain/
> <https://otherdomain.com/plain/>"*
> 
> In my dns server I receive:
> *1. dummy resolution*
> *2. otherdomain.com <http://otherdomain.com> resolution*
> 
> It's that ok?
> 
> Is there any way to disable this behavior?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> alv4ro.
>

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