Users are unable to use crontab, it fails with error "(username) AUTH (crontab command not allowed)"

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Issue

  • Users are unable to use crontab, the command fails with the following error.

    $ crontab -l
    (user1) AUTH (crontab command not allowed)
    
  • Users are listed in /etc/cron.allow file.

    # cat /etc/cron.allow
    user1
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • crontab

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