The user x cannot use this program (crontab) According to man crontab: If the /etc/cron.allow file exists, then you must be listed (one user per line) therein in order to be allowed to use this command. If the /etc/cron.allow file does not exist but the /etc/cron.deny file does exist, then you must not be listed in the /etc/cron.deny file in order to use this command. Red Hat Associate. Red Hat Customer. Or login using a Red Hat Bugzilla account Forgot Password. Login: Hide Forgot. Bug 130102 - users can no longer use crontab by default? Summary: users can no longer use crontab by default?
Last updated on JANUARY 27, 2019
Applies to:
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 5.0 and later Linux x86-64 Linux x86
Symptoms
'crontab -l' for non root user fails with following error: $ crontab -l You (user) are not allowed to use this program (crontab) See crontab(1) for more information
/var/log/cron: Jan 23 13:51:08 host1 crontab[24356]: (user) AUTH (crontab command not allowed)
Also verified /etc/cron.deny does not have the username added.
Cause
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