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Title: unable to delete cron job after trying Intrusion detection.
Post by: DEC740airp414user on January 27, 2026, 10:56:35 AM

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OPNsense 25.10.1_2-amd64
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7
OpenSSL 3.0.18

I scanned back 5 pages to see if this had been answered. I am unable to delete the top rule for updating IDS rules.
I've stopped the service, enabled the service. it will Not delete.

I can delete the dns block list cron below and recreate it without any issues.

Title: Re: unable to delete cron job after trying Intrusion detection.
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on January 27, 2026, 10:59:00 AM

"When in doubt use brute force."

-- Ken Thompson

- download configuration backup
- open XML in text editor
- carefully remove cron job
- reimport configuration backup

HTH,
Patrick

Title: Re: unable to delete cron job after trying Intrusion detection.
Post by: DEC740airp414user on January 27, 2026, 11:03:57 AM

apologies. I did find a reply from Franco

it can be disabled but not deleted, from a previous post

feel free to delete or lock this

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