Insufficient crontab Permission During HAF Installation

Symptom

The following error is reported during HAF installation on offload nodes:

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/var/spool/cron/#tmp.client2.XXXXRnzrej: Permission denied

Key Process and Cause Analysis

The permission and owner group of the crontab file are incorrect.

Conclusion and Solution

1. Locate the crontab file.

   1	which crontab

2. Add the s bit to crontab and change the owner of crontab to root.

   1 2	chown root:root /usr/bin/crontab chmod u+s /usr/bin/crontab