Oracle Linux: User Account Cannot Access Crontab, Failing with: "You (User) Are not Allowed to Access to (crontab) Because of Pam Configuration" (Doc ID 2399822.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 17, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

User cannot access their own crontab file, fails with permission denied messages.

In the example below, the grid user cannot access its own crontab:

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