Unable to import Cron Jobs on Unijob or Dollar Universe 6
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Article ID: 86570
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Products
CA Automic Dollar Universe
Issue/Introduction
Error Message : Convert cron jobs for username on nodename: Unable to update cronFilefor user username
Patch level detected:Unijob 1.x Product Version: Unijob 1.4.5 or Dollar Universe 6.x.x
Description: On Univiewer Console, menu Tasks - Tools - Import wizard - Crontab, the Import of the Crontab from a specific user fails with the above error.
Environment
OS: IBM AIX OS Version: Issue could affect all Unix, but specifically AIX
Cause
Cause type: Configuration Root Cause: The reason for this issue is that the User starting the IO server does not have proper access right to import other users' cron jobs.
Resolution
To import cron jobs, Dollar Universe IO server must be run by root or a user with administrator rights (installation by an administrator is not enough). f the IO server is not run by an administrator, the Crontab can't be imported.
For Dollar Universe 6, the following procedure can be applied to do so, launched as root:
$UNI_DIR_EXEC/unistop $UNI_DIR_EXEC/uxrights -m assign -a root $UNI_DIR_EXEC/unistart