Question: I've received a new server and logon, trying to use Crontab but getting this error message: You (your_logon) are not allowed to use this program (crontab) See crontab(1) for more information How can I fix? Answer: It looks like you are experiencing a situation where only root can use crontab - but other logon accounts require some extra steps. On Linux there are two files which control the access to crontab: /etc/cron.allow /etc/cron.deny You will need to add the logon account to the /etc/cron.allow file. The way to add the logon account is to --su to root and then... Read more →