Bug 152021 - cron don't like CVS directory in /var/spool/cron or /etc/cron.d
Summary: cron don't like CVS directory in /var/spool/cron or /etc/cron.d
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: vixie-cron
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jason Vas Dias
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-03-24 14:19 UTC by Peter Bieringer
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-03-24 15:29:39 UTC
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Description Peter Bieringer 2005-03-24 14:19:42 UTC
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Description of problem:
We're using a system CVS to track configuration changes properly.

cron isn't smart enough during running through its spool
directories and shows a strange message in logging (which also logwatch doesn't know)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
vixie-cron-4.1-20_EL and below

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create CVS directory in /var/spool/cron and/or /etc/cron.d
2. take a look into /var/log/cron and/or daily logwatch result

  

Actual Results:  /var/log/cron:
Mar 24 15:06:01 host crond[6117]: (*system*) NOT REGULAR (/etc/cron.d/CVS)
Mar 24 15:06:01 host crond[6117]: (CVS) ORPHAN (no passwd entry)

logwatch result:
**Unmatched Entries**
NOT REGULAR (/etc/cron.d/CVS)



Expected Results:  cron is skipping at least a CVS directory.

Additional info:

Same issue already went up with
up2date: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=114322
MAKEDEV: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=150766

Comment 1 Jason Vas Dias 2005-03-24 15:29:39 UTC
cron expects every entry in its /etc/cron.d directory to be a 
crontab file, and correctly warns you if it detects that an entry 
in that directory is not a regular file or a crontab .
Solution: do not create directories in the /etc/cron.d directory.



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