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Regression #13817

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pfBlockerNG-devel cron jobs persist after the service is disabled or the package is uninstalled

Added by Marcos M almost 2 years ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

Status:
Confirmed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
pfBlockerNG
Target version:
-
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Affected Version:
2.7.0
Affected Plus Version:
Affected Architecture:

Description

Tested on 23.01.b.20221230.0600 with the latest pfBlockerNG-devel, Suricata, and ACME packages.

Using pfBlockerNG-devel as an example:
Uninstalling the package or disabling the service by unchecking Enable in the Firewall / pfBlockerNG / General page does not remove the cron jobs added when the service is configured/enabled. The following remain when disabled:

0     *     *     *     *     root     /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php cron >> /var/log/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.log 2>&1
0     14     *     *     5     root     /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dcc >> /var/log/pfblockerng/extras.log 2>&1

Actions #1

Updated by Marcos M almost 2 years ago

  • Subject changed from pfBlockerNG-devel cron jobs persist after the service is disabled. to pfBlockerNG-devel cron jobs persist after the service is disabled or the package is uninstalled.
  • Description updated (diff)
Actions #2

Updated by Marcos M almost 2 years ago

  • Project changed from pfSense Packages to pfSense
  • Subject changed from pfBlockerNG-devel cron jobs persist after the service is disabled or the package is uninstalled. to Cron jobs persist after its package is uninstalled.
  • Description updated (diff)
  • Category changed from pfBlockerNG to Package System
  • Priority changed from Normal to High
  • Affected Plus Version deleted (23.01)
  • Release Notes set to Default
Actions #3

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Rejected

It's up to each package to manage its own cron jobs. There isn't a way for the package manager to know those belong to a package. This is not a general package manager problem.

If pfBlocker leaves them behind, that's a pfBlocker issue. Same for other packages.

Actions #4

Updated by Marcos M almost 2 years ago

  • Project changed from pfSense to pfSense Packages
  • Subject changed from Cron jobs persist after its package is uninstalled. to pfBlockerNG-devel cron jobs persist after the service is disabled or the package is uninstalled.
  • Category changed from Package System to pfBlockerNG
  • Status changed from Rejected to New
  • Priority changed from High to Normal
  • Release Notes deleted (Default)

I had originally opened this against just pfBLockerNG-devel, but changed it since I saw it was happening on all packages I had installed. I'll create a separate report for each, and re-open this one under the right info.

Actions #5

Updated by Marcos M almost 2 years ago

  • Parent task set to #13835
Actions #6

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago

  • Parent task deleted (#13835)
Actions #7

Updated by Marcos M almost 2 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Assignee set to Jim Pingle
Actions #8

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago

  • Status changed from Closed to Confirmed
  • Assignee deleted (Jim Pingle)

The cron job is still present after removing the package. There is likely a package-specific change that must be made to ensure it's removing the correct job.

Actions #9

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago

  • Subject changed from pfBlockerNG-devel cron jobs persist after the service is disabled or the package is uninstalled. to pfBlockerNG-devel cron jobs persist after the service is disabled or the package is uninstalled
Actions #10

Updated by Jordan G over 1 year ago

on 23.05.1 and pfB 3.2.0_6 after working through getting the package to uninstall successfully (see https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14287) I still have a cron entry remaining for pfBlockerNG

/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php cron >> /var/log/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.log 2>&1
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