Problem
I have created a new user account (non-root user named dbappweb) on my HP-UX machine running on HP-UX 11.31. I need to schedule some file backups as a cronjob but after login with this new user when i tried to access “crontab -e” I got the below error:
$ crontab -e
crontab you are not authorized to use cron. Sorry.
Reason
When I checked the /var/adm/cron/cron.allow file, there was no entry for the user dbappweb. A user should be added in the /var/adm/cron/cron.allow file to schedule a cronjob.
Solution
Follow the steps given below:
- Login as root/superuser.
- Edit the /var/adm/cron/cron.allow file.
# vi /var/adm/cron/cron.allow - Add “dbappweb” at the end of the file and save the file.
. . root adm uucp dbappweb . . - If you are already logged in as dbappweb user, you may get the below error.
$ crontab -e crontab: can't open your crontab file. - Exit and log in again as dbappweb user, and you will be able to schedule a cronjob successfully.
Last Updated: September 25, 2018
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