Hi Abhijit: The -u param is for use by the root user to access other user's crontab files (the manpage say "privilege user"). You should be able to do "crontab -e" for any user (including root) to edit their own crontab file and "crontab -e -u xxx" for root to edit user xxx's crontab file. HTH Regards, Hugh -- Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com From: Abhijit Das Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 02:18 > > Hi > > my linux kernel is 2.2.20 > i am trying to edit/list crontab [i also tried crontab -e -u root] > but i am getting this err msg: > You (root) are not allowed to use this program (crontab) > See crontab(1) for more information > > i checked /etc/cron.allow root and my other users are listed [fyi > i am able > to edit/list crontab with my other users] > there is no cron.deny file > > i checked /var/spool/cron and root is listed there. i can do a > more root to > see my crontab entries. > i checked the crontab file under /usr/bin , nobody has tampered with the > permissions or setuid bit. > > what else can cause this err msg to come ? > > can anybody help me please > > thx > Abhijit > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
