crontab in iocage jails

[nojohnny101]

I have a script I want to run with a cron trigger from within a created icoage jail.

When I execute "crontab -e" it open up a vi editors but it doesn't seem to let me modify it nor does it present the expected controls that vi normally displays.

It seems as though it is almost in read-only mode and I am not allowed to type anything.

Any ideas? What am I missing?

Version:
11.2Release-U1

 

[dlavigne]

How and on which version did you create the jail? I cannot reproduce this on a jail created from the UI.

 

[nojohnny101]

I created from the CLI using the popular guide here:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...darr-lidarr-jackett-transmission-organizr.58/

 

[Jailer]

Change the editor in the jail and see if the problem persists. setenv editor ee

I know some don't like ee but I find very easy to use.

 

[nojohnny101]

Thanks for the suggestion @Jailer

No matter what I set it to, I get the same screen I described in my original post. I have tried both ee and nano at this point.

Here is a screenshot:

 

[millst]

Looks fine to me. There just aren't any scheduled tasks by default. Add one and save.