Shell script not running via crontab, but runs fine manually

Question

I have a script that checks if pptp vpn is running , and if not it reconnect the pptp vpn , when i run the script manually it execute fine , when i do set a cron job , is no

Answer 1

In my case, the issue was that the script wasn't marked as executable. To make sure it is, run the following command:

chmod +x your_script.sh