Hi All,
Please tell me which daemon is responsible for start and stop the crontab.
Please tell me the location where it resides in Linux platform.
Sindu.
crond is the name of the daemon. By where does it reside, do you mean what files does it work on?
It's called "crond"
# chkconfig --list crond
crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
# service crond status
crond (pid 3397) is running...
To stop it
# chkconfig crond off # don't start it after a reboot
# service crond stop # stop it now
But not all Linux's are the same. This is for Red Hat (and CentOS, Fedora)