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tigra2018-01-29 15:45:03

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tigra, 2018-01-29 15:45:03

Accidentally reset permissions on /usr/bin/crontab now on crontab -e I get permission denied
permissions were -rwxr-sr-x how to set such permissions to cron?

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Alexander Movchan, 2018-01-29
@tigroid3

It is not necessary to memorize the numbers for each flag:
chmod u=rwx,g=rs,o=rx /usr/bin/crontab

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Alexander, 2018-01-29
@Adorne

chmod 2755 /usr/bin/crontab
Are you sure they are? I have -rwsr-xr-x, in that casechmod 4755 /usr/bin/crontab