Create a Cron Job -Error

eddiedu · February 8, 2020, 2:02pm

Hi,
I am pretty sure I’ve added in the crontab, look the command I run in each server:

yum install cronie -y && service crond start && echo ‘*/5 * * * * root echo hello’ >> /etc/crontab && service crond restart

I’ve checked on each before pressing submit.

Thanks and BR,
Eduardo

Inderpreet · February 10, 2020, 8:07am

Hello,

In question it is asked to add cron specifically for user root, however /etc/crontab file is used to add system wide crons. The validation is looking for cron in root user’s crontab itself. Just modified the question a bit to make it more clear .

Thanks
Inderpreet

swaroopcs88 · February 23, 2020, 4:42am

Hi Inderpreet,
how to confirm whether the cron service is running for user?

does this mean cron service is started for steve?
thanks,
Swaroop

JDev · February 23, 2020, 6:46am

Check out these links. How to Create and Manage Cron Jobs on Linux
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-unix-start-restart-cron/

Inderpreet · February 24, 2020, 7:13am

Hi Swaroop,

As you can see in the screenshot the status is Active: inactive (dead) which means service is stopped right now. You need to start it as asked in the question.

Thanks
Inderpreet