On Sat, Dec 07, 2024 at 07:20:12 +0800, Bitfox wrote:
> How can I restart crontab daemon?
> I tried "service crontab restart" and "dpkg --list |grep crontab", they have
> no help.
crontab(1) is the name of the command that you use, as a user, to
display or alter your personal crontab.
The daemon (service) that runs your crontab jobs, however, is usually
named "cron". Or possibly "crond" on some systems.
hobbit:~$ ps -ef | grep cron
root 826 1 0 Dec05 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cron -f
greg 57136 1769 0 18:44 pts/14 00:00:00 man 1 crontab
greg 57161 1765 0 18:44 pts/13 00:00:00 grep cron
Given that the daemon's name is "cron", the service name is probably
similar. Let's just take a guess that it's the same:
hobbit:~$ systemctl status cron
● cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-12-05 06:48:41 EST; 1 day 11h ago
Docs: man:cron(8)
Main PID: 826 (cron)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 18737)
Memory: 10.6M
CPU: 2.202s
CGroup: /system.slice/cron.service
└─826 /usr/sbin/cron -f
Warning: some journal files were not opened due to insufficient permissions.
