Can't edit cron job - user root is invalid

[f4242]

Hi,

I'm unable to edit a cron/task job. It says "L'utilisateur root est invalide." (something like "the user root is invalid" in english). I'm able to login to the web ui and SSH with the root user. Any idea?

 

[Meyers]

How exactly are you trying to edit a cron job?

 

[f4242]

With the web ui, I double click on my task, I do my edit and then I click OK. The saving doesn't complete because of the error.

 

[Meyers]

Can you provide a screenshot of the edit screen?

 

[f4242]

 

[Meyers]

I wonder - do you have an email configured for the root user?

 

[f4242]

Yes I have an email defined. It's a relatively new problem, I didn't had this in the past. I'm pretty sure it was working fine on previous 11.1 build.

 

[Meyers]

So the root user doesn't show up in the drop down list?

 

[f4242]

Yes it is, I can select it.

 

[Meyers]

Maybe try deleting that job and creating a new one with the same parameters.

 

[f4242]

It does that with every tasks, even new ones.

 

[Meyers]

Do you see anything in /var/log/messages when you try to save the job and get the error?

At this point, you may want to file a bug report.

 

[f4242]

Nop, no message! I guess I'll have to make a bug report. Thanks!

 

[Basil Hendroff]

I didn't had this in the past. I'm pretty sure it was working fine on previous 11.1 build.

Are you able to boot into the previous 11.1 build to see if the problem persists?

 

[f4242]

Probably, but I can't right now because this is our file server in the office.

 

[Moody2018]

If you're looking for a simpler cron job solution, you might consider webcron services which will load a specific URL at a given time.