Why does cron fail to run crontab files as expected, or behave oddly when running crontabs?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Cron fails to run all crontab files as expected, or exhibits other odd behavior with respect to running crontabs, particularly on new or changed jobs.

  • The following message is seen in the logs :

Feb 14 01:11:24 system crond[5213]: (*system*) BAD FILE MODE (/etc/cron.d/fstat)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All versions)
  • vixiecron

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