Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: cron
If you make /etc/crontab group-writable (eg, to allow editing it from a
user emacs-over-ssh session), it will be ignored. "restart cron" shows
this:
Mar 24 18:39:57 joyful init: cron main process (5254) killed by TERM signal
Mar 24 18:39:57 joyful cron[5258]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Mar 24 18:39:57 joyful cron[5259]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)
Mar 24 18:39:57 joyful cron[5259]: (*system*) WRONG INODE INFO (/etc/crontab)
Mar 24 18:39:57 joyful cron[5259]: (CRON) INFO (Skipping @reboot jobs -- not
system startup)
chmod g-w /etc/crontab makes it work again.
** Affects: cron (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741979
Title:
cron ignores group-writable crontab, with obscure message
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