cron suddenly stopped accepting instructions

From: managers account <managers_at_mannet.mcb.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:56:55 +0000 (GMT)

As root I have just issued and recvd the following:


/# crontab -l
crontab: you are not authorized to use cron. Sorry.


whoami confirms I am root so what on earth has happened after 3 1/2 years
(: ?

stuart mckenzie
Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 17:58:05 NZDT