su: may not be called from rc script

From: Julio Del-Rio <Julio.Del-Rio_at_kellogg.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 12:17:53 -0400

Cont. from "su conflict with cron"
I wrote:

Guys:
I have this cron file that needs to make a "su" with the -c option,
but every time I run it from the cron, it just skips the line. Does anybody
knows how can I make this run?

The cron looks like this:
35 1 * * * /usr/user/crons/cold_backup.sh
and I want to add more information....
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I am getting the following error message

"su: may not be called from rc script"

and I have used this procedure succesfully in other server with OSF 3.2b
Received on Tue May 20 1997 - 19:39:49 NZST