Issue #2462 has been updated by Simon Mudd.
I think there are 2 issues here. # Puppet currently complains if I explicitly use '*' as a value. It's not mentioned in the documentation though it seems to work. I'd prefer this to be documented more clearly and to NOT get a warning when using it. By all means provide a different value if that's really needed, but I think most people know what '*' means in cron. # Current default behaviour to run minutely jobs could be dangerous. I'd prefer a warning and nothing to happen if no periods are defined at all. That's safer. ---------------------------------------- Bug #2462: cron resources default behaviour with no periods seems potentially dangerous http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/2462 Author: Simon Mudd Status: Unreviewed Priority: Normal Assigned to: Category: Target version: Complexity: Unknown Affected version: 0.24.8 Keywords: As per http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/TypeReference#cron "cron Installs and manages cron jobs. All fields except the command and the user are optional, although specifying no periodic fields would result in the command being executed every minute. While the name of the cron job is not part of the actual job, it is used by Puppet to store and retrieve it." I think this behaviour is dangerous as it means that default behaviour is a to run a minutely job. That means that if the period fields are not specified by mistake the effect will be to generate very frequent cron activity. I used to configure my cron jobs like this: cron { 'minutely_script': command => '/path/to/minutely/script', ensure => present, hour => '*', minute => '*', } However this generates extra logging, making it look like the configuration is incorrect (or not expected): Wed Jul 29 15:45:17 +0200 2009 //Node[dc01mdb-01.mydomain.com]/s_db/s_db::config/Cron[db_config]/hour (notice): defined 'hour' as '*' Wed Jul 29 15:45:19 +0200 2009 //Node[dc01mdb-01.mydomain.com]/s_db/s_db::cron/Cron[log_processlist]/minute (notice): defined 'minute' as '*' Wed Jul 29 15:45:19 +0200 2009 //Node[dc01mdb-01.mydomain.com]/s_db/s_db::cron/Cron[log_processlist]/hour (notice): defined 'hour' as '*' >From my point of view the correct cron entries were being created. A colleague of mine said: "Nasty, if you forget the timings, you get the worst case of the most frequent run of your job. I would make the arguments required and not optional. Cron jobs that need to run every minute are rare in the real world so that shouldn't be the default." I tend to agree. I would prefer that it's possible define '*' without getting special notifications, and perhaps even that if no period fields are specified that a warning is generated. Also the documentation should say that it's possible to specify '*' for "all values in that period". We are using a custom built rpm based on puppet-0.24.8-1 on centos4 and 5. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://reductivelabs.com/redmine/my/account --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
