cron for non-root users

Cuardin · Posted: Sat May 03, 2003 3:33 pm Post subject: cron for non-root users

I keep getting permission denied when I try to run crontab -e for non-root users. Adding to the cron group or adding to /etc/cron.allow didn't help.

Would very much appreciate some help on this one. It is embarrasing not to be able to get even vcron working.
//Daniel Armyr

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

You should not need cron.allow. It can potentially cause more problems, if you don't format things properly. Did you login in anew or do "newgrp" to cron in order to get your group addition "noticed"?

These two threads have more info:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=30049
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=28372

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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entropyuva · Posted: Sat May 03, 2003 8:24 pm Post subject:

is your user a member of the cron group?