Question: I’ve received a new server and logon, trying to use Crontab but getting this error message:
You (your_logon) are not allowed to use this program (crontab)
See crontab(1) for more information
How can I fix?
Answer: It looks like you are experiencing a situation where only root can use crontab – but other logon accounts require some extra steps.
On Linux there are two files which control the access to crontab:
/etc/cron.allow
/etc/cron.deny
You will need to add the logon account to the /etc/cron.allow file. The way to add the logon account is to –su to root and then :
echo jack > /etc/cron.allow
Author: Jack Vamvas
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