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# 8  
Old 06-14-2006
try ps -ef | grep cron ... or pgrep -l cron ... to show process, pid, etc.

As far as I know, it depends on your Solaris version. On Solaris 10 you should use svcs to check the status cron, like this:

Code:
$ svcs cron
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         Jun_13   svc:/system/cron:default

.. also check the svcadm command to starting, stopping, enable-disable services.
# 9  
Old 06-16-2006
I can edit used vi editor

But when I tried to use crontab -e at /etc/cron.d location
and proses wait...and then
I can't to do anything.

So until now I still used crontab at /usr/spool/cron/crontabs/root

what can I do in order to I can edit with crontab using -e (crontab -e)
# 10  
Old 06-16-2006
you always edit the root's crontab when doing crontab -e as superuser, unless you specify another username as crontab -e foouser
# 11  
Old 06-18-2006
yes I always edit with vi root (file this name is root), and I can't do anything with used crontab -e
(I see likes flash cursor).

I don't know why is different content include this file (between using vi root and crontab -e)
Because when I edited with OS Linux and using vi or crontab -e (content include this file is same), and no problem.
# 12  
Old 06-20-2006
You can use:
# crontab -l > /tmp/root.cron
# vi /tmp/root.cron
---- make your changes
# crontab < /tmp/root.cron
then check your changes by
# crontab -l

Hope it helps !
# 13  
Old 06-20-2006
Computer ur question is fake
Smilie this srilinux is not able to understand anything.
he is joking us. Smilie
Srilinux just forget LINUX or UNIX. It is better. Smilie
# 14  
Old 06-20-2006
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