Jira (PUP-9569) Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

[Jarret Lavallee (JIRA)]

Jarret Lavallee updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user Change By: Jarret Lavallee Summary: Crontab error with prefetch fails when the filename begining with is not a hash valid user Add Comment

This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.7.1#77002-sha1:e75ca93)

[Jorie Tappa (JIRA)]

Jorie Tappa updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Jorie Tappa Team: Puppet Romania

Add Comment

[Jarret Lavallee (JIRA)]

Jarret Lavallee updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Jarret Lavallee *Puppet Version:2018.1.2* *Puppet Server Version:5.5.3* *OS Name/Version:centos 7.5* Describe your issue in as much detail as possible… Describe steps to reproduce… *Desired Behavior:* Puppet, throws a crontab error when examining the /var/spool/cron directory, as tries to list the crontab for users when that user is just a temp file starting with a hash. Looks like this might be part of mcollective (as that's where in the debug log it mentions it). Oddly, this error does not appear in the debug log, only in STDERR To re-create the error, all you need to do is create a file starting with a hash in the {{ /var/spool/cron/ }} folder. ( {{ touch '/var/spool/cron/#tmp.XXXXkhATKA' }} ) as is created by editing the crontab and having that process crash during edit. *Actual Behavior:* {code} [root@xxxxx tmp]# puppet agent -t  Info: Using configured environment 'staging'  Info: Retrieving pluginfacts  Info: Retrieving plugin  Info: Retrieving locales  Info: Loading facts  Info: Caching catalog for xxxxx.example.com Info: Applying configuration version '200fcdecf443bdcf4232a9c6abafabc14bd819eb'  crontab: option requires an argument – 'u'  crontab: usage error: unrecognized option  usage: crontab [-u user] file  crontab [-u user] [ -e | -l | -r ]  (default operation is replace, per 1003.2)  -e (edit user's crontab)  -l (list user's crontab)  -r (delete user's crontab)  -i (prompt before deleting user's crontab)  -s (selinux context)  Notice: Applied catalog in 6.50 seconds [root@xxxxxx tmp]# ls -l /var/spool/cron/  total 4  -rw-------. 1 username username 0 Dec 17 2014 username  -rw-------. 1 root root 1182 Mar 12 16:24 root  -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Mar 15 2019 #tmp.XXXXkhATKA [root@xxxxxx tmp]# rm /var/spool/cron/#tmp.XXXXkhATKA  rm: remove regular empty file `/var/spool/cron/#tmp.XXXXkhATKA'? y [root@xxxxxx tmp]# puppet agent -t  Info: Using configured environment 'staging'  Info: Retrieving pluginfacts  Info: Retrieving plugin  Info: Retrieving locales  Info: Loading facts  Info: Caching catalog for xxxxxx.example.com  Info: Applying configuration version '200fcdecf443bdcf4232a9c6abafabc14bd819eb'  Notice: Applied catalog in 5.20 seconds {code}

Add Comment

[Adam Bottchen (JIRA)]

Adam Bottchen updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Adam Bottchen CS Priority: Needs Priority Reviewed

Add Comment

[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Branan Riley Labels: cron linux type_and_provider

Add Comment

[Branan Riley (JIRA)]

Branan Riley updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Branan Riley Sprint: PR - Triage

Add Comment

[Mihai Buzgau (JIRA)]

Mihai Buzgau updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Mihai Buzgau Story Points: 3

Add Comment

[Mihai Buzgau (JIRA)]

Mihai Buzgau updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Mihai Buzgau Sprint: PR - Triage 2019-04-17

Add Comment

[Gheorghe Popescu (JIRA)]

Gheorghe Popescu assigned an issue to Gheorghe Popescu

Puppet / PUP-9569 Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Gheorghe Popescu Assignee: Gheorghe Popescu

Add Comment

[Gheorghe Popescu (JIRA)]

Gheorghe Popescu commented on PUP-9569

Re: Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user Jarret Lavallee seems that this issue was solved in newer puppet versions. Tested on 5.5.9 [root@host ~]# puppet --version 5.5.9 [root@host ~]# puppet agent -t Info: Using configured environment 'production'

Info: Retrieving pluginfacts Info: Retrieving plugin Info: Retrieving locales Info: Loading facts

Info: Caching catalog for host.delivery.puppetlabs.net Info: Applying configuration version '1555417727' Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[default]/Cron[logrotate]/ensure: created Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Node[default]/Cron[logrotate]: Could not evaluate: Cannot write the #tmp.XXXXkhATKA user's crontab: The user does not exist Notice: Applied catalog in 0.12 seconds

Add Comment

[Gheorghe Popescu (JIRA)]

Gheorghe Popescu commented on PUP-9569

Re: Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

This issue is not reproducible after the changes made to crontab provider in 5.5.9. Upgrading puppet to a newer version should fix it.

Add Comment

[Austin Boyd (JIRA)]

Austin Boyd updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-9569

Crontab prefetch fails when the filename is not a valid user

Change By: Austin Boyd Zendesk Ticket IDs: 34212 Zendesk Ticket Count: 1

Add Comment