MAXRUN (100) cron error

[Jim Smith]

My cron seems to have stopped working, I get errors in the cron log; ! MAXRUN (100) proces reached.

What do i do ?

[Stefan Farrelly · Accepted solution]

There is a buggy version of cron out there. If you do a; what /usr/sbin/cron and it returns;
82.9.1.24 then you have it. Install the latest cron patch to fix; PHCO_27141

[Stefan Farrelly]

Forgot, this buggy version of cron came with the latest March 2002 QPK bundle! unfortunately (PHCO_24702) so lots of people are going to end up having this problem.

[Jim Smith]

Thanks. where can I get this patch from ?

[Stefan Farrelly]

You can download right from the itrc.hp.com. Go to IT Resource center home, then click on Individual patches then type in the patch youre after; PHCO_27141 and then download it. Instructions come with it on how to install.