Re: [webmin-devel] [Webmin] Webalizer hangs

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Martin Mewes wrote:
> Hi Jamie,
> 
> Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>write(1, "Do you want to retry the same ed"..., 36) = 36
>>>read(0, "", 4096)                       = 0
>>>write(2, "Enter Y or N\n", 13)          = 13
>>>write(1, "Do you want to retry the same ed"..., 36) = 36
>>>read(0, "", 4096)                       = 0
>>>write(2, "Enter Y or N\n", 13)          = 13
>>>write(1, "Do you want to retry the same ed"..., 36) = 36
>>>read(0, "", 4096)                       = 0
>>
>>That does explain quite a lot actually.. When you select the new 'Run 
>>on selected schedule' option, Webmin uses a special schedule format in 
>> the crontab file like @hourly or @monthly, which is only supported 
>>by Vixie-cron. However, your system doesn't seem to be using 
>>Vixie-cron, and so is choking on that schedule format .. And clearly 
>>the module needs to handle this kind of failure better, instead of 
>>letting cron go into an infinite loop!
>>
>>Which Linux distribution are you running there? I had assumed that all 
>> Linux variants came with Vixie-cron, except Trustix.
> 
> 
> To be verbose ...
> 
> webmin/software
> -> Search for cron
> --> anacron 2.3-17
> --> crontabs 1.10-1
> --> vixie-cron 3.0.1-63
> 
> webmin/webmin/edit_os.cgi
> -> Redhat Linux 7.2
> 
> webmin/config.cgi?cron
> 
> -> Supports Vixie-Cron extensions? - Yes
> -> Path to Vixie-Cron system crontab file - /etc/crontab
> 
> I will send you other details via feedback if necessary ...

What happens if you run  crontab -e  at some user and add a cron job 
like :

@hourly	ls -l >/dev/null

Does it accept the cron job, or complain that the new line is not valid?

  - Jamie