[Freeipa-users] freeIPA user can not use cron

[Karl Forner]

ok, makes sense. And ubuntu users are quite rare...

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Zoske, Fabian <f.zoske at euroimmun.de> wrote:
> I think this is related to diferent names on different systems.
>
> RHEL and CentOS are using crond
> Ubuntu and similar are using cron
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Karl Forner [karl.forner at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 16:24
> To: Zoske, Fabian
> Cc: freeipa-users at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] freeIPA user can not use cron
>
> Yes it works !!! Maybe this should be documented somewhere ?
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Zoske, Fabian <f.zoske at euroimmun.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> we just had the same problem.
>>
>> You need to add a new service "cron" and assign this to the user/group.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Fabian
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: freeipa-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:freeipa-users-bounces at redhat.com] Im Auftrag von Karl Forner
>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Oktober 2015 15:53
>> An: freeipa-users at redhat.com
>> Betreff: [Freeipa-users] freeIPA user can not use cron
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> cron jobs do no work using a freeIPA user account.
>>
>> the cron job:
>> */1 * * * * echo coucou
>>
>> in /var/log/syslog:
>> Oct 15 15:48:02 asgard CRON[9779]: Permission denied
>>
>> in /var/log/auth.log:
>> Oct 15 15:48:02 asgard CRON[9779]: pam_sss(cron:account): Access denied for user qbuser: 6 (Permission denied)
>>
>> in freeIPA I setup an hbac rule for this user and host that allow the services:
>> ftp
>> login
>> sshd
>> gdm-password
>> crond
>> gdm
>>
>> What did I miss ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Karl Forner
>>
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