topic Re: error on crontab file creation in Operating System - HP-UX

error on crontab file creation

Azaru — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:43:30 GMT

Hi,

Please help me.
When i try to create crontab to schedule my scripts its giving error as below.

#crontab -e
crontab: can't open your crontab file

Suggestions pls.

Thanks
Azar

Re: error on crontab file creation

Azaru — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:01:00 GMT

Sorry guys,

The exact error is this. The username is added in cron.allow file.
But still its not aloowing me to create the crontab file.

#crontab -e

"/var/tmp/aaaa03971" 1 line, 26 characters
crontab: can't create your crontab file in the crontab directory.

Thanks
azar

Re: error on crontab file creation

Dennis Handly — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:23:39 GMT

What are the permissions of /usr/bin/crontab?
Are you root when you do this?
What are the permissions of the crontab directory, /var/spool/cron/crontabs?
(I assume this over NFS?)

Re: error on crontab file creation

Jeeshan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:36:15 GMT

did you check if there is cron.deny file is exist or not?

and also check the disk space in /var and /tmp

Re: error on crontab file creation

Dennis Handly — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:37:13 GMT

>ME: (I assume this over NFS?)

I meant NOT over NFS.

Re: error on crontab file creation

Johnson Punniyalingam — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:50:16 GMT

>>crontab: can't create your crontab file in the crontab directory.<<

have you also check cron.deny - file

Can please check the permissions..?

# cd /var/adm/spool/crontabs

# ll --> please check the permisions,

Thanks,
Johnson

Re: error on crontab file creation

Analyst — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:55:45 GMT

Hi Azar,

Check for

1. cron.allow/deny entries.

2. user file in /var/spool/cron/XXX

3. crontab -e.
The tmp file will be created inside /var/tmp/XXXXXXX
4. crontab -l [username] Lists the user's crontab file.

Thanks,
Analyst.

Re: error on crontab file creation

Sagar Sirdesai — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:04:41 GMT

Hi Azar

The User is not allowed to create con jobs
Please add his name to cron.allow file.
Also if the username exists in cron.deny file .
Remove the entry.

Sagar

Re: error on crontab file creation

vjta — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:27:26 GMT

Hi Azar

you have to check cron.allow & cron.deny files in ur systems.
Add user entry to cron.allow & remove entry (if exists) from cron.deny.

Also check the permissions of crontab.

regards
vjta

Re: error on crontab file creation

Dennis Handly — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:12:10 GMT

The permissions of crontab should be:
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin /usr/bin/crontab

>ahsan: did you check if there is cron.deny file is exist or not?
>Johnson: have you also check cron.deny
>Analyst: cron.allow/deny entries.
>Sagar: The User is not allowed to create cron
>vjta: you have to check cron.allow & cron.deny files

I'm not sure why you need to repeat this misinformation 5 times. A simple check shows you get this nice message:
crontab: you are not authorized to use cron. Sorry.

In this case, you need to think zebras, not horses. :-)

Re: error on crontab file creation

Azaru — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:50:00 GMT

Hi

Issue has been resolved

Thanks
azaru

Re: error on crontab file creation

Sundar G — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:52:53 GMT

Same problem i faced, solved by giving the permission. r-sr-xr-x

chmod u+s /usr/bin/crontab

Thanks
Sundar