Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-116 Severity: normal Hi,
When cron finds a crontab file has the wrong permissions (and perhaps the wrong owner, I didn't check) it refuses to execute the cronjobs in that file until the file is deleted and re-created. It is not enough to correct the problem and touch the file. This makes diagnosing and fixing the problem more difficult. The following script demonstrates the problem: -----------------<snip>--------------- # Tidy up before we start. rm -f /etc/cron.d/foo /tmp/foo sleep 60 # Establish crontab cat - >/etc/cron.d/foo <<EOF * * * * * root printf 'Running\n' EOF sleep 60 # Cron job runs (email delivered to root) chmod g+w /etc/cron.d/foo sleep 60 # Cron job runs # No error in syslog cat - >/etc/cron.d/foo <<EOF #* * * * * root printf 'Running\n' EOF sleep 60 # Get error in syslog looking like #/usr/sbin/cron[1764]: (*system*foo) WRONG INODE INFO (/etc/cron.d/foo) cat - >/etc/cron.d/foo <<EOF * * * * * root printf 'Running\n' EOF sleep 60 # Cron job does not run. chmod g-w /etc/cron.d/foo touch /etc/cron.d/foo sleep 60 # Cron job still does not run. -----------------<snip>--------------- -- Package-specific info: --- EDITOR: --- usr/bin/editor: /bin/nano --- /usr/bin/crontab: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 30248 Dec 18 17:46 /usr/bin/crontab --- /var/spool/cron drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Mar 8 2005 /var/spool/cron --- /var/spool/cron/crontabs drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 4096 Jan 27 16:10 /var/spool/cron/crontabs -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-6.1 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii lockfile-progs 0.1.15 Programs for locking and unlocking ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.7.1-1 High-performance mail transport ag Versions of packages cron suggests: ii anacron 2.3-14 cron-like program that doesn't go pn checksecurity <none> (no description available) ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility Versions of packages cron is related to: pn libnss-ldap <none> (no description available) pn libnss-ldapd <none> (no description available) pn libpam-ldap <none> (no description available) pn libpam-mount <none> (no description available) pn nis <none> (no description available) pn nscd <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
