Cron permissions

The following two files play an important role:

/etc/cron.allow
- If this file exists, then you must be listed therein (your username must be listed) in order to be allowed to use cron jobs.

/etc/cron.deny - If the cron.allow file does not exist but the /etc/cron.deny file does exist, then you must not be listed in the /etc/cron.deny file in order to use cron jobs.

Please note that if neither of these files exists, then depending on site-dependent configuration parameters, only the super user will be allowed to use cron jobs, or all users will be able to use cron jobs.

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