Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: cron
I configured cron jobs with config file:
/etc/cron.d/job.cron
and it not working.
I spend couple of hours to understand the problem.
Fix is to rename file withowt dots in the name:
/etc/cron.d/job
is working.
Renaming back to job.cron or other name with the dot in the name cause cron to
not read this file.
I just switched to Ubuntu Server from Fedora and it works before on those
distributive.
I can't find any error messages in syslog event with -L9 command line in cron
daemon.
I can't find any warning in man page or readme document about file names.
I think there are 2 possible ways to fix this:
1) put a WARNING about file names with dots (like "myjob.cron") in manpage;
2) make cron working with those files as other distro do (ex. Fedora)
** Affects: cron (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
configs with dots in file name not working in /etc/cron.d
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