From: Edward Dekkers Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 15:32 > Abhijit Das wrote: > > Any idea why i am getting this err ? any other things to check ? > > i am unable to crontab -l or crontab -e as user root. i am > getting the same > > err msg. > > i am however able to do crontab -u -e xxx where xxx is my other user. > > doing a crontab -l or crontab -e as my other user works fine. > rest what i > > did to check cron i have mentioned in my earlier email > > > > anybody - any suggestions please > > What error are you talking about? I've scrolled through all posts, but I > can't see what you're referring to. > > Also, when replying to a digest, please cut out all things not relating > to your post. > > Regards, > Ed. > Hi Ed: I have located and included Abhijit's original post and my first reply. Maybe your expert eye can help where I could not. Regards, Hugh -- Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com From: Hugh E Cruickshank Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 04:50 > > 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 > > 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
