Public bug reported: I turned on logging level 4 for cron(logging failed jobs). I think it's not clear for understanding which job has been failed:
Aug 28 21:58:22 x05 CRON[14697]: (CRON) error (grandchild #14709 failed with exit status 1) Aug 28 22:03:30 x05 CRON[17572]: (CRON) error (grandchild #17599 failed with exit status 255) Aug 28 22:06:52 x05 CRON[17560]: (CRON) error (grandchild #17579 failed with exit status 1) Aug 28 22:09:33 x05 CRON[17575]: (CRON) error (grandchild #17595 failed with exit status 1) This format will be much better: Aug 28 22:16:01 x05 CRON[22722]: (root) ERR ([22726] ls /nowhere is failed withstatus 2) Aug 28 22:17:01 x05 CRON[23005]: (root) ERR ([23009] ls /nowhere is failed withstatus 2) Aug 28 22:18:01 x05 CRON[23165]: (root) ERR ([23169] ls /nowhere is failed withstatus 2) Aug 28 22:19:01 x05 CRON[23313]: (root) ERR ([23317] ls /nowhere is failed withstatus 2) My small patch to fix this: --- cron-3.0pl1.orig/do_command.c 2015-08-28 22:35:08.036188131 +0300 +++ cron-3.0pl1.orig-new/do_command.c 2015-08-28 22:03:22.305031093 +0300 @@ -491,18 +491,24 @@ child_process(e, u) getpid(), pid, WEXITSTATUS(waiter))) if (log_level & CRON_LOG_JOBFAILED) { + char *x; + char logcmd[MAX_COMMAND + 8]; + snprintf(logcmd, sizeof(logcmd), "[%d] %s", (int) job_pid, e->cmd); + x = mkprints((u_char *)logcmd, strlen(logcmd)); + if (WIFEXITED(waiter) && WEXITSTATUS(waiter)) { status = waiter; - snprintf(msg, 256, "grandchild #%d failed with exit " - "status %d", pid, WEXITSTATUS(waiter)); - log_it("CRON", getpid(), "error", msg); + snprintf(msg, 256, "%s is failed with" + "status %d", x, WEXITSTATUS(waiter)); + log_it(usernm, getpid(), "ERR", msg); } else if (WIFSIGNALED(waiter)) { status = waiter; - snprintf(msg, 256, "grandchild #%d terminated by signal" - " %d%s", pid, WTERMSIG(waiter), + snprintf(msg, 256, "%s terminated by signal" + " %d%s", x, WTERMSIG(waiter), WCOREDUMP(waiter) ? ", dumped core" : ""); - log_it("CRON", getpid(), "error", msg); + log_it(usernm, getpid(), "ERR", msg); } + free(x); } } ** Affects: cron (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1490005 Title: cron logging level 4 not clear for understanding To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1490005/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs