Hestiacp: Bug: /etc/cron.d/hestia-sftp

[ioannidesalex]

In a few words, please describe the issue that you're experiencing:

Produces error.

Jul 16 18:35:37 user cron[17996]: Error: bad command; while reading /etc/cron.d/hestia-sftp
ERROR (Syntax error, this crontab file will be ignored)

What steps did you take when the issue occured?

Monitor logs

Expected behavior:

No errors, run the script properly.

Operating system distribution and release:

Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

Which version of Hestia Control Panel is currently installed?

1.0.4

Which branch are you using?

release

When did this issue occur? After a clean installation, or after an upgrade?

Please enter your response here (e.g the feature stopped working after upgrading to the latest release)
Both

Which of the following web server configurations are you using?

• Nginx + PHP-FPM

Which of the following server roles are installed on your server?

• Mail (Dovecot + Exim)
• MySQL (MariaDB)

[ScIT-Raphael]

Just tried to reproduce this bug, but can't find any related record in syslog. I will close the issue, please feel free to reopen it if there are any new informations.

[ioannidesalex]

It seems like the issue occurs when Hestia is upgraded to a new version. Please check your syslog the day you performed the upgrade to v1.0.5.

Aug 7 04:34:52 s2 systemd[1]: Reloaded LSB: service and resource monitoring daemon.
Aug 7 04:34:53 s2 systemd[1]: Stopping Regular background program processing daemon...
Aug 7 04:34:53 s2 systemd[1]: Stopped Regular background program processing daemon.
Aug 7 04:34:53 s2 systemd[1]: Started Regular background program processing daemon.
Aug 7 04:34:53 s2 cron[29325]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Aug 7 04:34:53 s2 cron[29325]: Error: bad command; while reading /etc/cron.d/hestia-sftp
Aug 7 04:34:53 s2 cron[29325]: (systemhestia-sftp) ERROR (Syntax error, this crontab file will be ignored)
Aug 7 04:34:53 s2 cron[29325]: (CRON) INFO (Skipping @reboot jobs -- not system startup)

[ram108]

Ubuntu 18.04
I have the same error in syslog on fresh installation performed today. The error repeats constantly.

cron[30544]: Error: bad command; while reading /etc/cron.d/hestia-sftp

See bug explanation here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/335615/does-ubuntu-support-reboot-in-crontab

[ScIT-Raphael]

Hi @ram108
Thanks for the hint! I just adjusted the cron file to include the correct user with the following commit: https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/commit/10885f8346bc04506ed4d811f110e10754676c96

Still need to finish the complete testing, but it looks already solved. I'll close this issue, please feel free to reopen it or create a new one!