[KLUG Members] RH9 and cron

[Mark Jeromin]

> Cron is dieing on me.
> 
> [root at srvbai3 root]# /etc/init.d/crond status
> crond dead but pid file exists

Did you manually delete the pid file before trying the
start? I've seen some accounts that /etc/init.d/crond
is sometimes unreliable.

Secondly, do you see the crond as a zombie using ps?

> A few revisions ago I solved a cron issue by
> compiling a more recent cron from an srpm. I'll try
> that if noone has any other ideas.

Are you compiling with any optimization flags? -O3 and
the -O4 will give you unstable binaries.

Do you have BSD process accounting turned on in the
kernel? The pacct logs may help determine the exact
time crond dies and the sequence of events leading up
to it.

-Mark