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I am trying to automate crontab addition in Mac Catalina 10.15.5 via command:

echo -e "* * * * * \run.sh"|crontab -

this command replicates crontab -e command and adds the required crontab in the system.

But it asks for permission which is not removable via automation.

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a. Sudo command requires user to enter password, which is again not possible to be automated.

b. Tried creating a file and then adding it to crontab via crontab filepath, but that also requires above elevation.

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Unfortunately, latest Mac OS have put additional layer of security and can't be bypassed.

But I found following workaround. Since I am not changing system, so following solution works for me.

I have to give full access to program via:

System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access -> Add Program.

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