cron jobs not running

[Willo3092]

ViX 6.0.003

I'm having a problem with a couple of cron timers that I've set not running. I can run them from the ViX script runner with no problems.
Permissions for the scripts in /usr/script/ & /usr/scripts/ and the scripts in cron.hourly/daily are set at 755 and the crontabs root file is also 755.
I've checked /var/log/messages and seeing a lot of errors:


Dec 4 18:53:25 sf8008 authpriv.notice passwd[3317]: pam_unix(passwd:chauthtok): password changed for root
Dec 4 18:53:25 sf8008 authpriv.notice passwd[3317]: pam_smbpass(passwd:chauthtok): password for (root/0) changed by (root/0)
Dec 4 18:53:29 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 18:53:30 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 18:53:44 sf8008 authpriv.info smbd[3412]: pam_unix(samba:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Dec 4 18:54:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 18:54:24 sf8008 authpriv.info smbd[3412]: pam_unix(samba:session): session closed for user root
Dec 4 18:55:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 18:56:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 18:57:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 18:58:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 18:59:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:00:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:01:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:02:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:03:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:04:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:05:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:06:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:07:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:08:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:09:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:10:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:11:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:12:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:13:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:14:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:15:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:16:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:17:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:17:01 sf8008 cron.info CROND[10615]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts /etc/cron.hourly)
Dec 4 19:17:01 sf8008 cron.info CROND[10614]: (root) CMDEND (cd / && run-parts /etc/cron.hourly)
Dec 4 19:18:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:18:43 sf8008 authpriv.info smbd[11141]: pam_unix(samba:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Dec 4 19:19:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:20:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:20:16 sf8008 kern.info kernel: sh (11628): drop_caches: 3
Dec 4 19:20:25 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 19:20:28 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 19:20:31 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 19:20:35 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 19:20:37 sf8008 kern.info kernel: sh (11746): drop_caches: 1
Dec 4 19:20:37 sf8008 kern.info kernel: sh (11746): drop_caches: 2
Dec 4 19:20:37 sf8008 kern.info kernel: sh (11746): drop_caches: 3
Dec 4 19:20:37 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 19:20:42 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 19:20:43 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 19:20:43 sf8008 kern.warn kernel: proc_vmpeg_0_dst_apply_write 00000001
Dec 4 19:21:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:22:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:23:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:24:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:25:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:26:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:27:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:27:18 sf8008 authpriv.info smbd[11141]: pam_unix(samba:session): session closed for user root
Dec 4 19:27:29 sf8008 authpriv.info smbd[13864]: pam_unix(samba:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Dec 4 19:28:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:29:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:30:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
Dec 4 19:31:01 sf8008 cron.info crond[2127]: (root) BAD FILE MODE (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)


Does anyone have any ideas?

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EDIT: It seems to be something to do with my /etc/cron/crontabs/root file. I've deleted it and set my jobs up manually in the cron timer plugin and seems to be running.
Maybe the one in my settings backup is corrupted in some way but it looks okay?


@reboot /usr/script/skyscraper.sh
@reboot /usr/script/skypicker.sh
0 */3 * * * /usr/script/skyscraper.sh
7,22,37,52 * * * * /usr/script/skypicker.sh

[ccs]

The file permissions were probably too high, cron is very security conscious.

See what they're set to now.

https://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?63464-cron-jobs-not-running :)

[Willo3092]

I had them set at 644 before. Will try changing them back.

[birdman]

This is the code that produces the message:


if ((statbuf.st_mode & 07533) != 0400) {
log_it(uname, pid, "BAD FILE MODE", tabname, 0);
close(crontab_fd);
return (-1);
So the file:

must have no special bits set (setuid/setgid/sticky)
must not be executable by anyone
must only be readable by the owner.

600 would be normal.

[Willo3092]

I think my original problem was a corrupt crontabs/root file. If I tried to open the cron manager it was crashing the box.
I've set my cron jobs up manually in cron manager and set permissions to 600 and all is working again.
Thanks for the advice guys :thumbsup: