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2014-06-11

root cron jobs and /etc/security/access.conf

On RHEL6, if your root cron jobs do not run, check your /var/log/secure file for lines that look like:
crontab: pam_access(crond:account): access denied for user `root' from `cron'
You may also see the following message when, as root, you type "crontab -e":
Permission deniedYou (root) are not allowed to access to (crontab) because of pam configuration.

If there are any like that, check /etc/security/access.conf -- you need to allow root access via cron and crond by adding the following line:
+ : root : cron crond