Re: user unable to access "crontab -e"

Greg Wooledge wrote on 7/1/26 11:49 AM:

> 
> Check the permissions on /usr/bin/crontab.  It should be setgid crontab.
> 
> hobbit:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/crontab
> -rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 51936 Jun 13  2025 /usr/bin/crontab*
> 

[Z:~] ls -al /usr/bin/crontab
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 51936 Jun 13  2025 /usr/bin/crontab
[Z:~]

So that looks to be the same as yours.

> If that's not it, then look for /etc/cron.{allow,deny} files.
> 

[Z:etc] ls -al /etc/cron.allow
ls: cannot access '/etc/cron.allow': No such file or directory
[Z:etc] ls -al /etc/cron.deny
ls: cannot access '/etc/cron.deny': No such file or directory
[Z:etc]

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