Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Installation Guide
Stop the cron Jobs
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Stopping the cron Jobs on the Application Server
Complete the following steps to stop cron jobs on the Application Server.
Note: You should be logged on to an xterm window on the Application Server as
root user.
1 Type the following command and press Enter. The system lists running
root user.
1 Type the following command and press Enter. The system lists running
processes that include the word "cron."
ps -ef |grep cron
2 Did the results from step 1 include /usr/sbin/cron?
If yes, type the following command and press Enter.
svcadm -v disable -s cron
If no, the cron jobs are already stopped on the Application Server; go to the
next procedure in this chapter.
next procedure in this chapter.
3 Confirm that the cron jobs have stopped by typing the following command again
and pressing Enter. The system should list only the grep process.
ps -ef |grep cron