RMAN and cron

list,
 Cron server os RedHat 7.2
 Database server os OpenVMS 7.3-1
 Database Oracle 8.1.7 rel 3
 Rman server os OpenVMS 7.3-1
 Rman Oracle 8.1.7 rel 3  

 On the Cron server I have created a script that will backup the database server and catalog the action on the rman server. When I try to have cron perform the backup sctipt I get RMAN-571 and LEM-00031, and LEM-00033 error message. According to Metalink it is an environmental error that the oracle variables are not set. I have set up my environment as follows:

file: /alphaprd/profile

    ORACLE_HOME = cron server ORACLE_HOME     ORACLE_BASE =cron server ORACLE_BASE     LD_LIBRARY_PATH = cron server LD_LIBRARY_PATH    TNS_ADMIN = cron server TNS_ADMIN
 export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_BASE LD_LIBRARY_PATH TNS_ADMIN

Script to backup the database controlfile: test.sh

./alphaprd/profile
echo "start backup:" >/alphaprd/rman_test.log /home/oracle/OraHome1/bin/rman <<EOF>> /alphaprd/rman_test.log connect target "sys/password_at_database server" connect catalog rman/rman_at_rman server
run {
allocate channel di type disk;
backup format
'orabck:[backups]control_%U.bus'
(current controlfile);

}
EOF Crontab entry as ROOT:
10 01 * * 1 su oracle "-c /alphaprd/test.sh -u"

OR
Crontab entry as ORACLE
10 01 * * 1 /alphaprd/test.sh

The script functions properly if I run it from the command line as oracle but fails with
RMAN-571 and LEM-00031 and LEM-00033 errors when run from cron.

I don't see how it could be Oracle environmentals when I am running it as an Oracle cron and the target and catalog are on a different server that the cron server.
Can you point me in the direction where I can get this resovled? Thanks,
Ron

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