crontab locked error when user is trying to do crontab -l or -e

crontab locked error when user is trying to do crontab -l or -e

Solu:
check for cron.lock under user home

check for /etc/cron.deny

check for cron tmp file under /tmp

syslogd not writing to /var/log/messages even after syslogd restarts sucessfully

syslogd not writing to /var/log/messages even after syslogd restarts sucessfully

Solu : /etc/syslogd.conf had spaces instead of tab