Scheduled rules not working according to schedule

[eskild]

Hi,
it seems like my config is slightly different than yours. This is the last lines of my config where the schedule part is:

<description>Default OVPN server</description>

<cron><schedules><schedule><name>Buddy</name>
<descr>Block schedule</descr>
<timerange><position>1,2,3,4,5,6,7</position>
<hour>1:00-6:00</hour>
<rangedescr></rangedescr></timerange></schedule>
<schedule><name>Test</name>
<descr><timerange><position>1,2,3,4,5,6,7</position>
<hour>12:00-23:45</hour>
<rangedescr></rangedescr></timerange></descr></schedule></schedules>
<rrd><enable></enable></rrd></cron>

[heiko]

Hello,
you must have the cron items which i posted!

[eskild]

This is the only cron item that i have:
<cron>I have searched through the entire config.</cron>

[heiko]

Ok, i think that´s the problem, please make a backup of your config.xml and paste the cron-item section which i posted into your config.xml.
Make a restore and test it again…
Greetings
heiko

[eskild]

Thanks, those changes did the job, and scheduling is working perfect.

I have no idea why the cron part was missing, but i have used pfSense since it was in alfa stage and have not installed and configured the system from scratch since the first install.

Thanks again.

[heiko]

That´s fine, have fun…..

Up to now, i cannot find the bug now and then an update killed the crons...., so i cannot duplicate this behaviour.

Greetings
Heiko

[DanielSHaischt]

I tried to upgrade from 1.2 BETA3 to RC2 and the cron items did not disappear. Tho I did not setup any schedules. Means I don't know whether this behavior only occurs if upgrading and having setup schedules.

Regards
Daniel S. Haischt

[mastrboy]

my schedules are not working properly either, i am also missing that cron info from my config file, and /etc/crontab is empty:

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
HOME=/var/log
#minute hour    mday    month   wday    who      command
#

I am currently running 1.2-RC4 upgraded from a fresh install of 1.2-RC3

Anyone else still got this issue?

[sullrich]

You have serious other issues then.  /etc/crontab has all kinds of stuff setup by pfSense well beyond schedules no matter what.

I would reinstall.

[mastrboy]

i did a clean install of 1.2-RC4 and restored my config, here is what happened.

The /etc/crontab was emptied because my backed up config did not contain <cron>entries.

So i had to to a reinstall in a vmware extract the cron entries from the xml file and add them to my current config and then restore the configuration again..

Is this correct behavior by PFsense? to empty the /etc/crontab if you do not have cron entries in your config file?</cron>

[heiko]

No, you need cron items in your config. Please download and test it with rc5, i cannot duplicate this problem