Kbase 19636: RDM - crontab Values are Not Validated
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
16/10/2008 |
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Status: Unverified
SYMPTOM(s):
Validation of crontab times fails
CAUSE:
A current software problem will not allow validation of various times
to run cronned jobs before they are passed to the crontab routine.
For example if you input an invalid value (like 8 for a weekday), the value is accepted. There is no indication of an error when you leave
the Crontab Entry Maintenance Screen and answer "Yes" to the save-changes prompt.
Upon re-entry to the screen with the error, the error does show as being added to the cron job list. Similarly, running the command "crontab "1" from the command line does not show the addition of the incorrect entry.
Another example illustrates how an invalid value is not allowed to be saved using crontab:
tsibm1(plamothe): crontab -e
99 * * * * 10 /usr/dlc
crontab: error on previous line; number out of bounds.
This entry created within RDM at the Maintenance-Crontab Screen
would be entered into the crontab inappropriately.
FIX:
Current status of this bug is DEFRD because RDM is not a stand-alone product but will be installed and configured by a Progress consultant.