CRON jobs in /usr/local/etc/cron.d are not run

[zemanek]

Hello,

since /etc/crontab is purged of custom entries every time I update CRON jobs via OPNsense web UI (System-->Settings-->Cron) I moved the custom line to /usr/local/etc/cron.d/ as suggested in /etc/crontab:

# or /usr/local/etc/cron.d and follow the same format as
# /etc/crontab, see the crontab(5) manual page.

But it never runs. So what is crippled in OPNsense in comparison with pure FreeBSD?

[cookiemonster]

cron jobs via the GUI work fine for me. What is it that fails for you for those jobs ?

[zemanek]

@cookiemonster I'm afraid I don't understand the question. When CRON job defined in a file in /usr/local/etc/cron.d/ never runs it is not a failure to you? When it was in /var/cron/tabs/root, it worked.

[franco]

Create your own actions file, add description: and it will show up in Cron GUI. Done.

https://docs.opnsense.org/development/backend/configd.html


Cheers,
Franco

[zemanek]

Damn! Now I feel stupid. I forgot to add user column after moving it to system wide cron.d/.

Sorry.