-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stefan Bellon wrote: > Since one week I wasn't able to use crontab by my user accounts. The > message is > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ crontab -l > You (sbellon) are not allowed to use this program (crontab) > See crontab(1) for more information > > The man page states, that when neither cron.allow nor cron.deny are > present, then the site-default of Debian is taken, which is to allow > all users the usage of cron. > > I haven't knowingly changed anything on my system (apart from the usual > apt-get upgrades) and so wonder why there is a change in behaviour now. > > The permissions of /usr/bin/crontab seem all right (root:crontab and > -rwxr-sr-x) as do the permissions of the actual files in > /var/spool/cron/crontabs (user:crontab and 600). > > I was able to get the users using cron again by touching an empty > cron.deny file, but I'm still wondering ... > > The system is Debian unstable, btw.
I also use Sid, but am still able to use crontab. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE54M9S9HxQb37XmcRAn1fAKDn4GbwoK87j2OTWJkROpt4K+vxHwCgi9gW LizXpsW1jswRNLX1A4y2ILM= =6ook -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
