Ubuntu
lxc-android-config package

/var/spool/cron/ should be readwrite for phablet user

Bug #1552774 reported by Jabawok on 2016-03-03

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Canonical System Image	Confirmed	Medium	Bill Filler
	lxc-android-config (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Hi.

"crontab -e" is broken unless /var/spool/cron/ is writable.

Currently (build 266 vegetahd) this happens:

crontab: installing new crontab
/var/spool/cron/: mkstemp: Read-only file system
crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.xvMe2c/crontab
phablet@orc:~/

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-03-03:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in lxc-android-config (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote on 2016-03-03:

this is a long standing annoyance and easy to fix in /etc/system-image/writable-paths so users can use cron from the commandline if desired

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Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote on 2016-03-03:

the line to be added to the above file would be:

/var/spool/cron auto persistent transition none

Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) on 2016-03-03

Changed in lxc-android-config (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee:	nobody → Bill Filler (bfiller)
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	New → Confirmed

Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) on 2018-03-27

Changed in lxc-android-config (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) → nobody

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