topic Re: cron daemon in Operating System - HP-UX

cron daemon

Ashish_29 — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 07:45:17 GMT

we have a K-Class system and after system reboot, cron daemon did not started and i had to start it manually.

Can somebody tell me why daemon has not started after reboot or where i can find the related information.

Re: cron daemon

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 07:47:25 GMT

check the file /etc/rc.log for errors.

Check the config file /etc/rc.config.d/cron

The first variable should be set to 1. If it is set to zero, this is your explanation. Set it to 1 and next boot time, cron will try and start.

SEP

Re: cron daemon

Sunil Sharma_1 — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 07:48:02 GMT

check rc.log in /etc directory.

Sunil

Re: cron daemon

HGN — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 08:03:31 GMT

Hi

Make sure the CRON value is set to 1 in
/etc/rc.config.d/cron file
#!/sbin/sh
# @(#)B.11.11_LR
# Cron configuration. See cron(1m)
#
# CRON: Set to 1 to start cron daemon
#
CRON=1

Still if it does not start you have to look for errors.

Rgds

HGN

Re: cron daemon

Mohanasundaram_1 — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 08:06:21 GMT

Hi Ashish,

after checking the above suggestions, you should also confirm what run level your system is in currently.

who -r

will indicate this. check /etc/inittab for the initdefault value. If your script is in a directory above the initdefault value then those will not get run.

This is because your system never transitioned to that level.

So, check these details and also let us know what is your OS version, where is your script located (example : /etc/rc3.d) and output of inittab file.

With regards,
Mohan.

Re: cron daemon

Mohanasundaram_1 — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 08:49:25 GMT

Oops! I did not notice that you were talking about cron.

That is the reason I was asking about "your script" . But still it does not hurt to check the run level.

Also ensure the cron patches are in place.