This bug was fixed in the package cron - 3.0pl1-120ubuntu1
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cron (3.0pl1-120ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
[ Ubuntu Merge-o-Matic ]
* Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
- debian/control:
+ Requires debhelper = 7.3.15ubuntu2 (for Upstart).
+ Move MTA
** Branch linked: lp:debian/cron
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Title:
cron ignores group-writable crontab, with obscure message
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Title:
cron ignores group-writable crontab, with obscure message
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This seems to be intentional behaviour by cron.
It checks if /etc/crontab is either group- or other- writeable, and if
so, skips the file. The comment in the source is: /* Check
to make sure that the crontab is writable only by root */
from database.c, line 429:
/* Check
** Changed in: cron (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) = Christian Kastner (ckk)
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Title:
cron ignores group-writable crontab, with obscure
The pending upload of -117 replaces the WRONG INODE INFO message with
proper messages indicating what exactly went wrong.
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Title:
cron ignores
Observed on a new 32-bit ubuntu 10.10 linode vps with cron version
3.0pl1-114ubuntu1.
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Title:
cron ignores group-writable crontab, with obscure
