Description of problem: crontab -e does not work Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vixie-cron-4.1-11 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.As any user, type: crontab -e 2.or, as root, type: crontab -u username -e 3. Actual results: You (ed) are not allowed to use this program (crontab) See crontab(1) for more information Expected results: Additional info:
Unfortunately, the new CVS migration resulted in some fixes being dropped, which causes this problem. This is now fixed in vixie-cron-4.1-16: 1. If neither /etc/cron.{allow,deny} exist, ONLY root may use crontab (and now may do so!) 2. If no /etc/cron.{allow,deny} exist when the package is installed, the %post script will create an empty /etc/cron.deny file, thus allowing all users by default, the way the old cron used to work.
*** Bug 137326 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***