Your message dated Sun, 05 Oct 2025 19:04:27 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1109146: fixed in cron 3.0pl1-200
has caused the Debian Bug report #1109146,
regarding /usr/bin/crontab: crontab -e not allowed although user in
/etc/cron.allow
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Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-162
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/crontab
Dear Maintainer,
maybe this is a bug. Two things:
1. A normal user can is not allowed to edit crontab, i.e.:
crontab -e
/etc/cron.allow: Permission denied
You (ullhan63) are not allowed to use this program (crontab)
See crontab(1) for more information
but the user is in /etc/cron.allow
An /etc/cron.deny does NOT exist.
This effects also other applications like "backintime", which need to edit
crontab with user rights.
2. Minor thing: The file /etc/cron.allow has rights rwx --- ---, that looks
suspicios for me. Executable???
Is this correct?
Thanks for reading this.
Best regards
Hans
-- Package-specific info:
--- EDITOR:
--- /usr/bin/editor:
/usr/bin/jove
--- /usr/bin/crontab:
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 43648 Mar 2 2023 /usr/bin/crontab
--- /var/spool/cron:
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 14 2023 /var/spool/cron
--- /var/spool/cron/crontabs:
drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 4096 Jul 9 13:25 /var/spool/cron/crontabs
--- /etc/cron.d:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 9 13:14 /etc/cron.d
--- /etc/cron.daily:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 17 12:19 /etc/cron.daily
--- /etc/cron.hourly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 14 2023 /etc/cron.hourly
--- /etc/cron.monthly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 28 2024 /etc/cron.monthly
--- /etc/cron.weekly:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 26 2024 /etc/cron.weekly
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.11
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-37-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages cron depends on:
ii cron-daemon-common 3.0pl1-162
ii init-system-helpers 1.65.2
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u10
ii libpam-runtime 1.5.2-6+deb12u1
ii libpam0g 1.5.2-6+deb12u1
ii libselinux1 3.4-1+b6
ii sensible-utils 0.0.17+nmu1
Versions of packages cron recommends:
ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 3.7.11-0+deb12u1
Versions of packages cron suggests:
ii anacron 2.3-36
pn checksecurity <none>
ii logrotate 3.21.0-1
Versions of packages cron is related to:
pn libnss-ldap <none>
pn libnss-ldapd <none>
pn libpam-ldap <none>
pn libpam-mount <none>
pn nis <none>
ii nscd 2.36-9+deb12u10
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: cron
Source-Version: 3.0pl1-200
Done: Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cron, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]> (supplier of updated cron package)
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Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:36:58 +0200
Source: cron
Architecture: source
Version: 3.0pl1-200
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Georges Khaznadar <[email protected]>
Closes: 1109146
Changes:
cron (3.0pl1-200) unstable; urgency=medium
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* summarized Chris Hofstaedtler's hint about Bug#1109146 in
crontab's manpage. Closes: #1109146
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