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# 1  
Old 09-03-2009
Crontab problem
Hi all,

Why my crontab -e from root user is not accessible? It came out some sort of random number, 309. And also for other user, crontab -l came out crontab: can't open your crontab file.

I'm grateful for any any help. thanks.
# 2  
Old 09-03-2009
Is there any error printed in the syslog ?!

If so, what is that ?
# 3  
Old 09-03-2009
Your editor is not set to vi please set to vi as below

EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR

then open the cronatb –e
Last edited by kumarmani; 09-03-2009 at 08:56 AM..
# 4  
Old 09-03-2009
Thanks for the reply,

I run EDITOR=vi; export EDITOR and the crontab -e is working.
I wan to ask is the changes permanent? i mean can the changes survive rebooting?

can you help me also on crontab for user other than root?
i get, crontab: can't open your crontab file.
I tried EDITOR=vi; export EDITOR also. but still getting same error.
# 5  
Old 09-03-2009
To make the changes permanent,
  1. place export command in ".bashrc".
  2. Another way to change your default editor as
Code:
update-alternatives --set editor <PATHOFVI>

# 6  
Old 09-03-2009
You can make the env variable persistence's across reboot by placing the entry in .profile of users. Which you can get in the users home directory.

In case of user if you are getting error as "can't open your crontab file" then it appears to me that user do not have access to cron his work. Please check the entry in /etc/cron.d/cron.deny in case its not there you can check the other file cron.allow. if entry are not then then you can place in entry in cron.allow or you can remove the entry from cron.deny
# 7  
Old 09-15-2009
But my user is not in /etc/cron.d/cron.deny & i do not have cron.allow file.Any other way i can check?
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