On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 03:42:18PM +0200, Hans wrote: > 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?
Probably not. When I create an /etc/cron.allow with these permissions, then indeed crontab always fails with "Permission denied". I would suggest correcting the permissions on your /etc/cron.allow or deleting it. Chris
