Can't edit cron job - user root is invalid

[f4242]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hi,<br /> <br /> I'm unable to edit a cron/task job. It says &quot;L'utilisateur root est invalide.&quot; (something like &quot;the user root is invalid&quot; in english). I'm able to login to the web ui and SSH with the root user. Any idea?</div>

 

[Meyers]

<div class="bbWrapper">How exactly are you trying to edit a cron job?</div>

 

[f4242]

<div class="bbWrapper">With the web ui, I double click on my task, I do my edit and then I click OK. The saving doesn't complete because of the error.</div>

 

[Meyers]

<div class="bbWrapper">Can you provide a screenshot of the edit screen?</div>

 

[f4242]

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[Meyers]

<div class="bbWrapper">I wonder - do you have an email configured for the root user?</div>

 

[f4242]

<div class="bbWrapper">Yes I have an email defined. It's a relatively new problem, I didn't had this in the past. I'm pretty sure it was working fine on previous 11.1 build.</div>

 

[Meyers]

<div class="bbWrapper">So the root user doesn't show up in the drop down list?</div>

 

[f4242]

<div class="bbWrapper">Yes it is, I can select it.</div>

 

[Meyers]

<div class="bbWrapper">Maybe try deleting that job and creating a new one with the same parameters.</div>

 

[f4242]

<div class="bbWrapper">It does that with every tasks, even new ones.</div>

 

[Meyers]

<div class="bbWrapper">Do you see anything in /var/log/messages when you try to save the job and get the error?<br /> <br /> At this point, you may want to <a href="https://redmine.ixsystems.com/projects/freenas/issues?set_filter=1&amp;tracker_id=1" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">file a bug report.</a></div>

 

[f4242]

<div class="bbWrapper">Nop, no message! I guess I'll have to make a bug report. Thanks!</div>

 

[Basil Hendroff]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 71919" data-quote="f4242" data-source="post: 522217" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=522217" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-522217">f4242 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I didn't had this in the past. I'm pretty sure it was working fine on previous 11.1 build. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Are you able to boot into the previous 11.1 build to see if the problem persists?</div>

 

[f4242]

<div class="bbWrapper">Probably, but I can't right now because this is our file server in the office.</div>

 

[Moody2018]

<div class="bbWrapper">If you're looking for a simpler cron job solution, you might consider webcron services which will load a specific URL at a given time.</div>