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Stopping the cron Jobs on the DNCS
Follow these instructions to stop cron jobs on the DNCS.
1 If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS.
2 Complete the following steps to log on to the xterm window as root user.
1 If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS.
2 Complete the following steps to log on to the xterm window as root user.
a Type su - and press Enter. The password prompt appears.
b Type the root password and press Enter.
b Type the root password and press Enter.
3 Type pgrep -fl cron and then press Enter. The DNCS displays the cron process
ID (PID).
Example: The following are only examples of sample output. Your output is
likely to be different.
Example: The following are only examples of sample output. Your output is
likely to be different.
If the cron process is running without any child processes, you should see
something similar to this example:
pgrep -fl cron
209 /usr/sbin/cron
something similar to this example:
pgrep -fl cron
209 /usr/sbin/cron
If the cron process has spawned a child process, you should see something
similar to this example:
pgrep -fl cron
209 /usr/sbin/cron
14651 sh -c /export/home/dncs/test/tst 2>&1
14652 sh -c /export/home/dncs/tst2 2>&1
similar to this example:
pgrep -fl cron
209 /usr/sbin/cron
14651 sh -c /export/home/dncs/test/tst 2>&1
14652 sh -c /export/home/dncs/tst2 2>&1
Note: The cron process may have spawned multiple child processes.
4 Use the cron PID from step 3, and type ptree <PID> and then press Enter. The
DNCS displays the process tree of all cron processes.
5 Did the results from step 4 only include /usr/sbin/cron?
If yes, type svcadm -v disable -st cron and then press Enter.
If no (results from step 4 show multiple cron processes), type kill -9 <PIDs>
and then press Enter.
Important: List the PIDs in reverse order.
Example: kill -9 14652 14651 209
and then press Enter.
Important: List the PIDs in reverse order.
Example: kill -9 14652 14651 209
If the results from step 4 did not show /usr/sbin/cron, skip the rest of this
procedure. The cron jobs are already stopped.
procedure. The cron jobs are already stopped.