lohithn4 · March 18, 2021 02:55 · May 9, 2019 · May 9, 2019 · May 9, 2019 · May 9, 2019
diff --git a/crontab-perm-denied.md b/crontab-perm-denied.md
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ After fix:
 ```bash
 -rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 39352 Nov 16  2017 /usr/bin/crontab
 ```
+
+Solution from [Ask Ubuntu: cannot access crontab after changing uid](https://askubuntu.com/questions/710671/cannot-access-crontab-after-changing-uid).
diff --git a/crontab-perm-denied.md b/crontab-perm-denied.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Getting fopen: permission denied from crontab
+# When crontab gives fopen: permission denied error
 
-When trying to open my user's crontab on Ubuntu got:
+While trying to open my user's crontab on Ubuntu, the system barked back:
 
 ```bash
 $ crontab -l

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt → crontab-perm-denied.md b/gistfile1.txt → crontab-perm-denied.md
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Getting fopen: permission denied from crontab
+
+When trying to open my user's crontab on Ubuntu got:
+
+```bash
+$ crontab -l
+crontabs/myuser/: fopen: Permission denied
+```
+This is due to improper permissions on crontab executable.
+
+To fix:
+
+```bash
+$ sudo chown root:crontab /usr/bin/crontab
+$ sudo chmod 2755 /usr/bin/crontab
+```
+
+Mucked up perms:
+```bash
+rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39352 Nov 16  2017 /usr/bin/crontab
+```
+
+After fix:
+```bash
+-rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 39352 Nov 16  2017 /usr/bin/crontab
+```