unable to open the crontab file on ubuntu server ?
 

1.i have configured sudo privileges for normal user i am unable to open the crontab file getting error like this below.

srinivas@ubuntu:~$ sudo crontab -e
[sudo] password for srinivas:
1107

i am using using ubuntu operating system please find the below version.

srinivas@ubuntu:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

Sorry, I don't see any error message. Did you forget to post it?
Your version of Ubuntu is 10.04 which is rather old. Wouldn't it be easier to update your system to a more recent version?
jdk

Hi jdkaye,

i am facing the below issue i am unable to edit the crontab file using below this command.

srinivas@ubuntu:~$ sudo crontab -e
[sudo] password for srinivas:
1107

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[1]+ Stopped sudo crontab -e
srinivas@ubuntu:~$

You need to just 'sudo su -' up to root.
It looks like you haven't got a default EDITOR env var setup, so its probably defaulting to 'ed' or 'ex'; really old school editors.
See eg http://www.f15ijp.com/2010/01/changi...r-for-crontab/

I think it's waiting for you to input something into the file. Try typing this and that will exit you from the editor.
jdk

If you wish to edit the crontab, the canonical command (and I mean that as in "canon," not as in "Shuttleworth") is

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On Ubuntu, to edit the root crontab, you would enter

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I think you'll find 'visudo' is for the sudoers file, unless Ubuntu have done another weird thing ;)

You are right, chrism01. Thanks for correcting my brain skip!

Thanks for all of you my issue is resolved.

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Thanks,
jdk