{"record":{"id":"9aea1402375347e8","repo":"puppetlabs/puppet","slug":"could-not-read-crontab-for-path-detail","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Could not read crontab for %{path}: %{detail}","messagePattern":"Could not read crontab for %(.+?): %(.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"FileReadError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/puppet/util/filetype.rb","lineNumber":211,"sourceCode":"    # Read a specific @path's cron tab.\n    def read\n      unless Puppet::Util.uid(@path)\n        Puppet.debug _(\"The %{path} user does not exist. Treating their crontab file as empty in case Puppet creates them in the middle of the run.\") % { path: @path }\n\n        return \"\"\n      end\n\n      Puppet::Util::Execution.execute(\"#{cmdbase} -l\", failonfail: true, combine: true)\n    rescue => detail\n      case detail.to_s\n      when /no crontab for/\n        \"\"\n      when /are not allowed to/\n        Puppet.debug _(\"The %{path} user is not authorized to use cron. Their crontab file is treated as empty in case Puppet authorizes them in the middle of the run (by, for example, modifying the cron.deny or cron.allow files).\") % { path: @path }\n\n        \"\"\n      else\n        raise FileReadError, _(\"Could not read crontab for %{path}: %{detail}\") % { path: @path, detail: detail }, detail.backtrace\n      end\n    end\n\n    # Remove a specific @path's cron tab.\n    def remove\n      cmd = \"#{cmdbase} -r\"\n      if %w[Darwin FreeBSD DragonFly].include?(Puppet.runtime[:facter].value('os.name'))\n        cmd = \"/bin/echo yes | #{cmd}\"\n      end\n\n      Puppet::Util::Execution.execute(cmd, failonfail: true, combine: true)\n    end\n\n    # Overwrite a specific @path's cron tab; must be passed the @path name\n    # and the text with which to create the cron tab.\n    #\n    # TODO: We should refactor this at some point to make it identical to the\n    # :aixtab and :suntab's write methods so that, at the very least, the pipe","sourceCodeStart":193,"sourceCodeEnd":229,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/e227c27540975c25aa22d533a52424a9d2fc886a/lib/puppet/util/filetype.rb#L193-L229","documentation":"Error \"Could not read crontab for %{path}: %{detail}\" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/puppet/util/filetype.rb:211 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"e227c27540975c25aa22d533a52424a9d2fc886a","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T20:49:46.650Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T23:17:16.201Z"}