https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779405 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779405#c0 Summary: /etc/crontab problem - doesn't start jobs located after default line Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: denixx.baykin@gmail.com QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1 My crontab: #start SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/lib/news/bin MAILTO=root # # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly, and cron.monthly # -*/15 * * * * root test -x /usr/lib/cron/run-crons && /usr/lib/cron/run-crons >/dev/null 2>&1 */1 * * * * denixx /bin/echo "test" > /home/denixx/TestCron.txt & #end If I leave crontab as above, it will not create /home/denixx/TestCron.txt with "test" string inside. If I move the last line up, it works! #start SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/lib/news/bin MAILTO=root # # check scripts in cron.hourly, cron.daily, cron.weekly, and cron.monthly # */1 * * * * denixx /bin/echo "test" > /home/denixx/TestCron.txt & -*/15 * * * * root test -x /usr/lib/cron/run-crons && /usr/lib/cron/run-crons >/dev/null 2>&1 #end Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. edit /etc/crontab openSUSE 12.2 x64, just installed. Updated recommended packages. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.