HOw do i give a user cronjob edit/settings permission?

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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Hi,

In a Unix Server when i 'su' to my name and type in crontab it says " You are not authorised......".

Pls suggest what to do? How do i give myself permission so that I can schedule a cron.

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UNIX account with your name may not have permission to set crontab entries.

Following is transcript from manual pages of crontab. you could check /etc/cron.d/cron.allow or /etc/cron.d/cron.deny files

Users: Access to crontab is allowed:

   o  if the user's name appears in /etc/cron.d/cron.allow.

   o  if /etc/cron.d/cron.allow does not exist and the user's
      name is not in /etc/cron.d/cron.deny.

 Users: Access to crontab is denied:

   o  if /etc/cron.d/cron.allow exists and the user's name is
      not in it.

   o  if /etc/cron.d/cron.allow does  not  exist  and  user's
      name is in /etc/cron.d/cron.deny.

   o  if  neither  file  exists,  only  a   user   with   the
      solaris.jobs.user  authorization is allowed to submit a
      job.

   o  if BSM audit  is  enabled,  the  user's  shell  is  not
      audited and the user is not the crontab owner. This can
      occur if the user logs in by way of a program, such  as
      some  versions of SSH, which does not set audit parame-
      ters.

 The rules for allow and deny  apply  to  root  only  if  the
 allow/deny files exist.
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Once you have "s-bit" (4755) for crontab command, then users will be able to make their own crontab simply with "crontab -e"
This will create file name "username" in /var/spool/cron directory