I think i'll do that - will be easier now i have learnt some more! :-) Thanks very much for your help, and great guide as well, its been great to use/learn from it!

Cheers,
Steve

Hi Ian, You are quite right, i can only run the cron job manually after i have logged on as "steve" from the putty window. The error when run manually before log in reads: Output from command /var/lib/StartVNC.sh .. JOB RUN AT Sun Mar 20 17:31:51 GMT 2011 ============================ vncse...

Hi Ian, I moved the file, but no luck - same result. Does not start on boot (but writes the differnent mail error: vncserver: Could not create /home/steve/.vnc. ). However, i can run this maunally from the cron tab in webmin, with no error. The output from the commands is: steve@mediaserver:~$ cront...

Hi Ian, So - as per your note, here is the out put from manually running the CRON job (note i took out the end of the string so i could see it run rather than hide it....): Output from command /home/steve/MyScripts/StartVNC.sh .. JOB RUN AT Mon Mar 14 22:19:31 GMT 2011 ============================ N...

Hi Ian, Thanks for your help - pleased to say the postfix worked a treat, thanks! The good news is i can now show you the exact error from the CRON job as i can see read mail again! So the error generated is below and as i say, click Run Now in CRON and it works fine. Very strange.... --------------...

Ian, thanks for the reply, i probably should have been more clear! :-) So the VNC error was a mail sent to my user account after reboot - it stated that the CRON job had not started, and that it could not find it. Run it manually from CRON and its fine. But the basic issue is that i cannot get the s...

Hi, i am new to Ubuntu Server, and followed the guide. 2 issues only so far: 1. VNC startup by CRON doesnt work. The error on reboot does not find it in /bin/sh ? It does run from Webmin / command line with the same command line. Any clues? 2. Setup the sending mail - which works, but i can no longe...