crontab entries are incorrect
Bug #312809 reported by
Daniel Swarbrick
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-motd (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Dustin Kirkland | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-motd
Somebody needs to do a bit of basic sysadmin reading.
* 06 * * * root [ -x /usr/sbin/
The above entry will execute every minute, daily, from 06:00 until 06:59.
* * * * 1 root [ -x /usr/sbin/
The above entry will execute every every minute of every hour on Mondays.
* * 1 * * root [ -x /usr/sbin/
And the above entry will execute every minute of every hour, on the first day of every month.
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| Changed in update-motd: | |
| assignee: | nobody → kirkland |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| status: | New → In Progress |
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| Matthew Copple (mcopple) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in update-motd: | |
| status: | In Progress → Incomplete |
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| Daniel Swarbrick (pressureman) wrote | #2 |
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| Matthew Copple (mcopple) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in update-motd: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
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| Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in update-motd: | |
| status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in update-motd: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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What version of update-motd are you using? I looked at the source package, as well as the cron.d entry placed when I installed the current version (1.8) of the package. It looks as follows:
# /etc/cron.
#
# Running 'update-motd' dynamically generates the /etc/motd with
# a concatenation of output from each script in /etc/update-motd.d.
*/10 * * * * root [ -x /usr/sbin/
Which runs every ten minutes.
Looking through the changelog, I don't see any mention of changes being made to the timing through releases. That does not appear to be the crontab installed with the package -- looks like someone wrote their own.