Non Root Users Are Unable To Create Crontab Entries (Doc ID 1268765.1)

Last updated on APRIL 28, 2020

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version 5.10.1-41.6.el5 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86
Linux x86-64

A non-root user is trying to create or list crontab entry. The following error is returned:

oracle@<hostname>$ crontab -e
cron/oracle: Permission denied

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