Auto update /etc/cron.d/froxlor

[halfgaar]

/etc/cron.d/froxlor states that it is auto-generated, but mine is rather old:

# lh froxlor 
-rw-r----- 1 root root 983 Oct  6  2014 froxlor

It needs to have the 'php /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --letsencrypt' call. I can add it, but isn't it supposed to be included automatically?

[d00p]

2014? holy moly...what's its content?

Try this - after that it should be fine:

php /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --force --debug

 

[halfgaar]

It now says:

# cat froxlor 
# automatically generated cron-configuration by froxlor
# do not manually edit this file as it will be re-generated periodically.
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
#
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --tasks 1> /dev/null
0 0 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --traffic 1> /dev/null
5 0 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --used_tickets_reset 1> /dev/null
7 0 1 * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --ticketarchive 1> /dev/null
10 0 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --usage_report 1> /dev/null
0 */6 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --mailboxsize 1> /dev/null

I ran the update command, now it says:

# cat froxlor 
# automatically generated cron-configuration by froxlor
# do not manually edit this file as it will be re-generated periodically.
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
#
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --tasks 1> /dev/null
*/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --letsencrypt 1> /dev/null
0 0 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --traffic 1> /dev/null
5 0 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --used_tickets_reset 1> /dev/null
7 0 1 * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --ticketarchive 1> /dev/null
10 0 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --usage_report 1> /dev/null
0 */6 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n 5 /usr/bin/php5 -q /var/www/froxlor/scripts/froxlor_master_cronjob.php --mailboxsize 1> /dev/null

Will it update now? Or is it a bug that it didn't?

[d00p]

it should update the file when changes in the cron (or settings that affect the cron) are recognized or if you force the cron using --force

[John Thomson]

On a few recent installs I found the cron file wasn't regenerating unless I manually ran --force.

Only noticed this because it wasn't adding --letsencrypt after enabling it in Froxlor, but I've not had a chance to do any digging into why it's not updating.

[d00p]

got that fixed in current dev version, normally the configs are being regenerated when settings change, just for got the task for the cron.d