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Titre
Sudo Command cannot be ran in Crontab -
Description
Privilege Manager for Sudo command does not run in cron.
Error message is "Request rejected by Privilege Manager"
The same command can be ran on the command line.
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Cause
This can be caused by the command requiring a tty.
Check the email message produced by cron for the following entry:
sudoers: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo -
Résolution
RESOLUTION:
Configure sudoers to not require tty
E.g.
Edit the policy:
# pmpolicy edit
Add the following:
Defaults !requiretty
To only disable this for a specific user, then add:
Defaults:username !requiretty
To only disable for a specific program:
Defaults!/path/to/program !requiretty