How to start the cron daemon
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Solution 1
Depending on how your exact distribution is set up, /etc/init.d/cron start
or variations thereupon might do the trick.
Solution 2
Since you are on RHEL you may like to use the more practical:
service crond start
If you just type
service crond
and hit Enter
, you will see all the implemented available options for the previous command:
Usage: /etc/init.d/crond {start|stop|status|reload|restart|condrestart}
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Explorer over 1 year
I am using RHEL 5.4
I killed the cron daemon accidentally. I wanted to stop a cron task, didn't know how to do it, ended up killing the cron daemon itself. How do I start it again?
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enzotib over 12 yearsIt could depend on the linux distro you use. So update your answer with this information, please.
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