Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 188501
Cronjobs from /etc/cron.d does not run
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:30 EST
Description of problem: Cron does not run jobs in the directory /etc/cron.d Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): This happens for both FC3 and FC4. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a crontab style file in /etc/cron.d. Make it only writeable by owner root and not executable. 2. Set the time for the job a couple of minutes in the future 3. Look at the /var/log/cron file. Actual results: Cron does notice that the file is changed, my log looks like this: Apr 10 19:32:01 xella35 crond[2369]: (*system*) RELOAD (/etc/cron.d/rsync-backup) But then nothing more happens. Expected results: The job should be started. Additional info:
Aha, just found it. Files in the /etc/cron.d has to have an extra field for which user to run as. So the format should be <min> <hour> <day> <mon> <weekday> <user> <command> ... So this is really a documentation bug.
From 'man 5 crontab:' ' Each line has five time and date fields, followed by a user name if this is a system crontab file, followed by a command. '