Why sudo included in the cron job is not working as expected in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ?

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Issue

  • Why sudo included in the cron job is not working as expected in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ?

    Example: Cron job configured for a non root user

    5 15 * * *  sudo docker exec  rhel7 sh -c "ps aux"

    The following error occurs in cron job including sudo:

    sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Sudo configured for non root users

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