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My mistake! You are correct. I forgot about that. I also should have known better to read man crontab. Thanks!
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My mistake! You are correct. I forgot about that. I also should have known better to read man crontab. Thanks!

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Why would a &quot;crontab -e&quot; or &quot;crontab -l oracle&quot; while logged in as root yield: &quot;crontab: you are not authorized to use cron. &nbsp;Sorry&quot;?<br />
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Permissions for /usr/bin/crontab are correct (-r-sr-xr-x). Never seen this one before.<br />
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Thanks!<br />

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Why would a "crontab -e" or "crontab -l oracle" while logged in as root yield: "crontab: you are not authorized to use cron.  Sorry"?

Permissions for /usr/bin/crontab are correct (-r-sr-xr-x). Never seen this one before.

Thanks!


crontab access

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