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Check the service:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-38383152-1">service crond status</code></pre>
If it is not running, run it.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-38383152-2">service crond start
chkconfig crond on</code></pre>
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Then edit as root or the allowed user.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-38383152-3">crontab -e -u USERID</code></pre>
<br />
-u USERID is optional part.
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Check the service:



service crond status

If it is not running, run it.



service crond start
chkconfig crond on


Then edit as root or the allowed user.



crontab -e -u USERID


-u USERID is optional part.

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its not there. &nbsp;is there a manual install command?
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its not there.  is there a manual install command?

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Hi,<br />
<br />
Crontab is always there. Only the place for crontab files a bit different than other distros. So that if you're root you cant just use <i>crontab -e</i> for editing.<br />
<br />
Crontab file is in <i>/etc/crontab</i> you can run jobs trough there as root or another user. <br />
<br />
also if you want to run other jobs from cron to can add your scripts in <i>/etc/cron.d</i>. Please check the files already in there to have a general opinion about how to create cron jobs.<br />
<br />
Also you can put your scripts under<i> /etc/cron.hourly</i>, <i>/etc/cron.daily</i>, <i>/etc/cron.weekly</i> or<i> /etc/cron.monthly</i>.<br />
<br />
For more information on CentOS CRON check here:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/s2-autotasks-cron-configuring.htmlhttp://" rel="ugc nofollow">CentOS Cron Usage</a><br />
<br />
Cheers,<br />
K.
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Hi,

Crontab is always there. Only the place for crontab files a bit different than other distros. So that if you're root you cant just use crontab -e for editing.

Crontab file is in /etc/crontab you can run jobs trough there as root or another user.

also if you want to run other jobs from cron to can add your scripts in /etc/cron.d. Please check the files already in there to have a general opinion about how to create cron jobs.

Also you can put your scripts under /etc/cron.hourly, /etc/cron.daily, /etc/cron.weekly or /etc/cron.monthly.

For more information on CentOS CRON check here:

CentOS Cron Usage [http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/s2-autotasks-cron-configuring.htmlhttp://]

Cheers,
K.

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How do i install crontab if its not there?
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How do i install crontab if its not there?

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