1253 2011-07-18 00:06:20 +0000 Non-root user can't perform 'crontab' command 2011-07-18 09:31:14 +0000 1 1 11 Runtime Installation Installation unspecified x86 Multiple RESOLVED DUPLICATE 1252 Medium normal 1.1 M3 1 wenzong.fan scott.a.garman kevin.tian sgw --- --- --- oldest_to_newest 14757 0 wenzong.fan 2011-07-18 00:06:20 +0000 Tested on a lsb images which enabled pam for crond. Non-root user can't perform command 'crontab -l/-e'. The error logs from /var/log/auth.log: Jul 12 02:36:14 qemux86 unix_chkpwd[768]: could not obtain user info (test-pam) root cause: unix_chkpwd can't get user info from '/etc/shadow' because it has incorrect permission settings: root@qemux86:~# ll /etc/shadow -r-------- 1 root root 1090 Jul 14 05:29 /etc/shadow On a ubuntu host it is: -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 1389 2011-07-07 18:04 /etc/shadow 14762 1 sgw 2011-07-18 09:28:36 +0000 A duplicate, looks like submit was hit twice *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1252 ***