On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 07:51:13PM +1000, Louis Selvon wrote:
> I have browsed the mailing list on any cron issues, but could not find an
> answer to the problem I am currently experiencing.
>
> So here goes.
>
> I just got my own server that had Linux pre-installed on there. My cron
> problem are
>
> 1. jobs that I created as root in /var/spool/cron is not getting executed.
> 2. How do I give crontab access to other users on the server ?
>
> Issue 1: Cron not working
> ===========================
>
Generally root crons are run from /etc/crontab, /etc/cron.{d|daily|hourly|monthly}.
Try creating your sample cronjob in /etc/crontab and see if that works.
> Issue 2: Giving others access to cron
> =======================================
>
> At present on this server, only root and user admin can run crontab.
>
> What do I have to do to give other user account that I create access to
> crontab when they connect via SSH ?
I've heard of crontab.deny and crontab.allow to specify user restrictions
but what error message do you get when you attempt to run crontab -e as
another user?
Anand
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