From 163e58ab0bd3ef51d3992daafa2f8a8a280003ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cproudlock <cproudlock@localhost>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:03:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix dnsmasq reboot cron: use /etc/cron.d/ instead of crontab

Ansible cron module writes to root's crontab which requires cron
daemon running. Drop file in /etc/cron.d/ instead for reliability.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml b/playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml
index 89001d6..846624a 100644
--- a/playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml
+++ b/playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml
@@ -620,11 +620,11 @@
         policy: deny
 
     - name: "Schedule dnsmasq restart 15s after reboot"
-      cron:
-        name: "Restart dnsmasq after reboot"
-        user: root
-        special_time: "reboot"
-        job: "/bin/sleep 15 && /usr/bin/systemctl restart dnsmasq.service"
+      copy:
+        dest: /etc/cron.d/dnsmasq-restart
+        mode: '0644'
+        content: |
+          @reboot root /bin/sleep 15 && /usr/bin/systemctl restart dnsmasq.service
 
     # --- Web Management App (Flask) ---
     - name: "Create webapp directory"