telnet machinename
or
rsh machinename
2) Become local root.
lsu
Password:
3) Check to see if the cron process is running.
ps -ef | grep cron
If it is running, the output will contain the line:
root 22663 1 0 04:58:42 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
4) If the cron process doesn't show to be running, open a second session by following steps one and two as above.
5) Change to the /etc/rc2.d directory.
cd /etc/rc2.d
6) Display a listing of the directory contents.
ls
7) Pull up the text of the S75cron file.
more S75cron
8) Search for the command that starts with the phrase 'usr/bin'.
/usr/bin
9) Copy and paste the line:
/usr/bin/rm -f /etc/cron.d/FIFO
onto the command line of the initial window opened and execute it to remove the FIFO file.
10) Copy and paste the line:
/usr/sbin/cron
onto the command line of the initial window opened and execute it to restart the cron job.
11) Verify that the cron process is now running.
ps -ef | grep cron
The the output should now contain a line similar to:
root 22663 1 0 04:58:42 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron