Super Simple Issue, but nothing works.... edit /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

[jacksonp2008]

all I want to do is add an entry to the root crontab. 

I have even chmod 777 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

and won't fly.

I AM root. ESX 6.5

esxcli --version

Script 'esxcli' version: 6.5.0

Will not let me write to the file not matter the file settings.

-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           324 Jul  7  2017 root

Ideas?

[parmarr]

For more information, see https://communities.vmware.com/thread/332790.