3rd edit:

if i do this i get no error .

pat@mrpotato:~$ sudo /bin/sh -c "(export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh </dev/null)"

but if i do this i get one:

root@mrpotato:~# /bin/sh -c "(export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh </dev/null)"

the error is :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "cyberghostvpn.py", line 580, in <module>
  File "cyberghostvpn.py", line 346, in main
  File "libs/config.py", line 45, in __init__
  File "libs/config.py", line 112, in readConfigFile
Exception: The config file "/home/root/.cyberghost/config.ini" does not exist!
[3845] Failed to execute script cyberghostvpn

config.ini exist in /home/pat/.cyberghost/

cron must be running the script as root and not with sudo... or something like that, the script gets the file from the running user... if that make sense.

i have no idea how to solve that !

I tried with systemctl and with crontab without success.

here is the script:

#!/bin/bash
cyberghostvpn --country-code AU --city Brisbane --connect

rights :

-rwxr-xr-x 1 pat pat 71 nov 28 13:04 ghoststart.sh

my crontab that i have run this way : sudo crontab -e

@reboot sleep 120; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh

i can run the script in terminal no problem : sudo sh ghoststart.sh

syslog cron :

Nov 28 13:17:57 mrpotato cron[679]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 28 13:17:57 mrpotato cron[679]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)
Nov 28 13:17:59 mrpotato CRON[726]: (root) CMD (sh /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh)
Nov 28 13:24:04 mrpotato cron[658]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 28 13:24:04 mrpotato cron[658]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)

seems like cron stopped working after 13:24:04, beacause ive done attempt after that

edit 2: based on this i have tried

root@mrpotato:/var/spool/cron/crontabs# /bin/sh -c "(export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh </dev/null)"
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Please Install "openvpn" first!

it gives me the same error if i wasnt root, obviouly openvpn is install

I tried with systemctl and with crontab without success.

here is the script:

#!/bin/bash
cyberghostvpn --country-code AU --city Brisbane --connect

rights :

-rwxr-xr-x 1 pat pat 71 nov 28 13:04 ghoststart.sh

my crontab that i have run this way : sudo crontab -e

@reboot sleep 120; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh

i can run the script in terminal no problem : sudo sh ghoststart.sh

syslog cron :

Nov 28 13:17:57 mrpotato cron[679]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 28 13:17:57 mrpotato cron[679]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)
Nov 28 13:17:59 mrpotato CRON[726]: (root) CMD (sh /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh)
Nov 28 13:24:04 mrpotato cron[658]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 28 13:24:04 mrpotato cron[658]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)

seems like cron stopped working after 13:24:04, beacause ive done attempt after that

edit 2: based on this i have tried

root@mrpotato:/var/spool/cron/crontabs# /bin/sh -c "(export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh </dev/null)"
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Please Install "openvpn" first!

it gives me the same error if i wasnt root, obviouly openvpn is installed

I tried with systemctl and with crontab without success.

here is the script:

#!/bin/bash
cyberghostvpn --country-code AU --city Brisbane --connect

rights :

-rwxr-xr-x 1 pat pat 71 nov 28 13:04 ghoststart.sh

my crontab that i have run this way : sudo crontab -e

@reboot sleep 120; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh

i can run the script in terminal no problem : sudo sh ghoststart.sh

syslog cron :

Nov 28 13:17:57 mrpotato cron[679]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 28 13:17:57 mrpotato cron[679]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)
Nov 28 13:17:59 mrpotato CRON[726]: (root) CMD (sh /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh)
Nov 28 13:24:04 mrpotato cron[658]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 28 13:24:04 mrpotato cron[658]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)

seems like cron stopped working after 13:24:04, beacause ive done attempt after that

I tried with systemctl and with crontab without success.

here is the script:

#!/bin/bash
cyberghostvpn --country-code AU --city Brisbane --connect

rights :

-rwxr-xr-x 1 pat pat 71 nov 28 13:04 ghoststart.sh

my crontab that i have run this way : sudo crontab -e

@reboot sleep 120; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh

i can run the script in terminal no problem : sudo sh ghoststart.sh

syslog cron :

Nov 28 13:17:57 mrpotato cron[679]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 28 13:17:57 mrpotato cron[679]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)
Nov 28 13:17:59 mrpotato CRON[726]: (root) CMD (sh /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh)
Nov 28 13:24:04 mrpotato cron[658]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 28 13:24:04 mrpotato cron[658]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)

seems like cron stopped working after 13:24:04, beacause ive done attempt after that

edit 2: based on this i have tried

root@mrpotato:/var/spool/cron/crontabs# /bin/sh -c "(export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin; /home/pat/Documents/cyberghost/ghoststart.sh </dev/null)"
Prepare OpenVPN connection ...
Please Install "openvpn" first!

it gives me the same error if i wasnt root, obviouly openvpn is install