12.04 64-bit, "prettynames" cron job stopped running - need help

[neutron68]

does it still work as root though, without the su - user1 -c ?

You will need to look at the changelog for for your cron daemon I guess.

Yes, I just tried it from a command line as root. It worked fine. It's just inside the cron folders, where it's hobbled.

/usr/bin/mythrename.pl --link /var/lib/mythtv/pretty --verbose --format "%T - %S - %Y-%m-%d, %g-%i %A"

Any idea where we can find the changelogs of updates?

Thanks for your help, nickrout.

Eric

[nickrout]

Yes, I just tried it from a command line as root. It worked fine. It's just inside the cron folders, where it's hobbled.

/usr/bin/mythrename.pl --link /var/lib/mythtv/pretty --verbose --format "%T - %S - %Y-%m-%d, %g-%i %A"

Any idea where we can find the changelogs of updates?

Thanks for your help, nickrout.

Eric

If you do

dpkg -L cron|less

you will find a couple of gzipped changelog files, view them with zless, eg

zless /usr/share/doc/cron/changelog.Debian.gz

(that file is on my 10.04 system, may be different in 12.04, which is why i suggest you do dpkg -L to check.)

[neutron68]

Thanks for the zless info. That works pretty slick.

Here's what I found in the changelog.Debian.gz file dated June 19, 2012 - nothing from July or August 2012 and nothing related to permissions, etc:

cron (3.0pl1-120ubuntu4) precise-proposed; urgency=low

* d/cron.default: change to a deprecated message to make it clear
that the file is no longer in use. (LP: #794082)

-- Clint Byrum <clint@ubuntu.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:04:03 -0700

cron (3.0pl1-120ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low

* debian/rules: add support for cross-compiling.

-- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:50:11 +0000

cron (3.0pl1-120ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low

* Drop build-dependency on libaudit, not in main and the security team
doesn't want it there. LP: #878155.

-- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:57:06 -0700

cron (3.0pl1-120ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

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[nickrout]

There are some clues in this thread as to why cron may have stopped working for you:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2061580

[neutron68]

There are some clues in this thread as to why cron may have stopped working for you:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2061580

Thanks for the pointer. That must be it!

Best wishes!
Eric

[nickrout]

Thanks for the pointer. That must be it!

Best wishes!
Eric

Actually I saw another post on the mailing list which pointed to this bug, which seems to indicate that the sudoers file should now be updated to include an environment line that includes /usr/sbin (among others)

Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/list...v/users/529130

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/998576