Cron jobs will not run for user xxxx.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Cron job is not working for a particular user xxxx. Following is the error message.
crond[1800]: Permission denied  
crond[1800]: CRON (xxxx) ERROR: failed to open PAM security session: Success  
crond[1800]: CRON (xxxx) ERROR: cannot set security context

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5

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