Crontab error in AIX - unable to read from the file
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Crontab error in AIX - unable to read from the file
Dear Friends,
Can any one help me out : I want to schedule a script in using crontab but when i enter command "crontab -e" from root it gives error "Unable to read from the file". Please help me out.
Dear Friends,
Can any one help me out : I want to schedule a script in using crontab but when i enter command "crontab -e" from root it gives error "Unable to read from the file". Please help me out.
You say you ran 'crontab -e' FROM root...did you mean AS root, or are you just executing that command from the "/" directory? Are there any existing cron entries? And are you able to continue after that message comes up?
It's possible that there IS no crontab, so you're creating one by entering your commands. If you're able to enter the editor, try putting something in there, and saving/exiting the editor, and try to run 'crontab -e' again.
Actually i executed command after switching to the root user. The file exist over there in the directory but i am facing this error while editing it. I am not allowed to edit the file.
Actually i executed command after switching to the root user. The file exist over there in the directory but i am facing this error while editing it. I am not allowed to edit the file.
Sorry, not sure what you're saying here. What "file exist over there in the directory"??? What file, and what directory? And if you're root, you can edit ANYTHING on the system. Can you do an "ls -l" on that file??? Are there cron.allow and cron.deny files? Is root listed in cron.allow? If root is NOT listed in cron.allow (and that file exists), you WILL NOT be able to run/edit cron jobs. So edit the cron.allow file and add root if it's not there already.
'crontab -e' invokes your default editor. Provided your EDITOR environment variable is properly set (eg. export EDITOR=/usr/local/bin/mcedit or whatnot)
'crontab -e' invokes your default editor. Provided your EDITOR environment variable is properly set (eg. export EDITOR=/usr/local/bin/mcedit or whatnot)
Wow...VERY good catch, NevemTeve. You're 100% right, and I never thought of that as being part of the problem. That would have never occurred to me.
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Crontab error in AIX - unable to read from the file
