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Old September 1st, 2004, 12:58 AM
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can't open your crontab file error
I've encountered the error when i try to edit corntab -e, pls help me i also try viewing /etc/cron.d directory I'm not in the deny access what should i do?
I'm running UNIX Solaris 2.xx x86/intel platform

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Old September 1st, 2004, 04:22 AM
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is your user in the /etc/cron.d/cron.allow ?
post the error mssg && uname -a
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Old September 5th, 2004, 07:42 AM
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Thumbs up problem already fix
I'd copy cron.d directory from other terminal tru network and execute crontab -e command and I succesfully opened and edited crontab file, maybe the crontab file is corrupted thats why i cannot open crontab file before
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Old September 5th, 2004, 07:56 AM
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NO crontab is not in cron.d dir
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Try /var/adm/crontab/ to look for them. My memory is a bit vague when it comes to Solaris.

As for the possibility of your file being corrupted, are you sure that you have your .allow in working order?
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Have you logged in as "su"?
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Old April 8th, 2008, 05:53 AM
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Nice try - that thread WAS 3/12 years deceased!
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Unhappy crontab: can't open your crontab file.
I am facing the same error when I run crontab -l though it working for other user ids.

I checked for entry in cron.allow and entry was present, nothing in cron.deny.

Can someone suggest?
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Old July 24th, 2008, 06:06 AM
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Does that user have any cron entries?
What error message do you get?

Creating a new thread may have been better!
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Old July 24th, 2008, 08:47 AM
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Does that user have any cron entries?
What error message do you get?

Creating a new thread may have been better!


crontab -e was working i was able to open the temp file, added some entries to it. :w :x
then crontab -l failed.
then crontab -e shows empty file.
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Old July 24th, 2008, 09:38 AM
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Thumbs up can't open your crontab file error
Update:
Problem resolved.

Cause: I was saving the file with :w :x

Solution: Save the temp file after crontab -e as :w followed by :q
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Ahh, the old "lets' do the edit and not bother save it afterwards" ploy - an old favourite!
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