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Old 10-22-2010
/usr/sbin/crond: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid,

please tell pre-requisite steps to activate cron. i activated the cron but it not executing the script which i set in crontab entry.through root user i passed the service crond start it get start.but when i go to etc/init.d and passed crond stop command.it gets crond: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid, otherpid may be 3180: Resource temporarily unavailable
Please help to come out this problem

Regards,
Umair Iqbal
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Old 10-22-2010
have a look at cron.allow and cron.deny files (location may depends on OS) make sure your user is allowed
check autorisation and ownership of /var/run/ tree ensure the user running the crond can write in it
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Old 10-22-2010
Is there any relevant info in cron log?

Perhaps it's not an issue with the daemon itself but with the line you put in your crontab?

Last edited by verdepollo; 10-22-2010 at 11:58 AM..
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