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Discussion in 'System Administration' started by Itworx4me, Feb 16, 2025.

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  1. Feb 16, 2025 #1
    Itworx4me

    Itworx4me Active Member

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    When running the crontab -e it won't allow me to add any lines of code. I ran into this problem before but can't seem to remember the fix. Can someone point me in the right direction?

    Thanks,
    Itworx4me
     
  2. Feb 16, 2025 #2
    brijendrasial

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    out if output of crontab -l
     
  3. Feb 16, 2025 #3
    Itworx4me

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    All this does is list what's in the crontab.
     
  4. Feb 16, 2025 #4
    Itworx4me

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    Here is the solution if anyone runs into this issue as I am a newbie when it comes to command line commands.

    To edit the crontab run this command:
    Code (Text):
    crontab -e

    From there hit the I on the keyboard to insert new command.
    Type new entry
    To exit hit the esc button followed by this code:
    Code (Text):
    :wq!

    Hope this help with anyone having the issue of editing the crontab.

    Itworx4me
     
  5. Feb 16, 2025 #5
    MaximilianKohler

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    That might be due to the default/current text editor. I remember having a similar problem with one of the editors. Nano is the one that has been the most intuitive for me. I may have had to set it as default on one of these OS's.
     
  6. Feb 16, 2025 #6
    eva2000

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    yeah depends on editor used, Centmin Mod should actually default to nano but your commands that worked are for vim/vi. I think might be a bug in Centmin Mod not setting it to nano by default will check

    What does your contents show /root/.bash_profile
    Code (Text):
    cat /root/.bash_profile


    Easiest way to edit configuration or any files on your server is via logging into your server via ssh and directly editing them using nano or vim linux text editors.

    For nano which you can read up more about nano here or here or here. For vim text editor read here and here and thread at WebPerf - Popular Vim Commands – a Comprehensive Vim Cheatsheet

    Also there's numerous online how to use guides for nano and vim you can search for via google :)
     
  7. Feb 16, 2025 #7
    eva2000

    eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

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    yup it's a bug. I've updated 140.00beta01 with fix and also released a new stable from 131.00stable to 132.00stable release which has the fix and major change to default new installs on EL8 to MariaDB 10.6 LTS instead of MariaDB 10.4.

    so to update for 140.00beta01, run cmupdate and run and exit centmin.sh once

    for stable branch, run cmupdate, then cmupdate update-stable to get 132.00stable and run and exit centmin.sh once
     
  8. Feb 17, 2025 #8
    Itworx4me

    Itworx4me Active Member

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    What does your contents show /root/.bash_profile
    Code (Text):
    cat /root/.bash_profile

    Code (Text):
    # .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

    I am running the latest 140.00beta01 and still have to use my solution above to make any edits to crontab -e.

    Thanks,
    Itworx4me
     
  9. Feb 17, 2025 #9
    eva2000

    eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

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    this https://community.centminmod.com/threads/crontab-e.27479/#post-103275 should fix it ;)
     
  10. Feb 17, 2025 #10
    Itworx4me

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  11. Feb 17, 2025 #11
    eva2000

    eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

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    Forgot to mention you need to logout and back into your SSH session for changes to take effect or run command one time in same existing SSH session
    Code (Text):
    source /root/.bash_profile
     
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