How to restart the crontab service in Linux?

2 years ago
Isabella Edwards
1 minute

To restart the Crontab service, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Log in as the root user, or use the sudo command to execute the following commands with root privileges.
  3. Stop the Crontab service. Enter the following command:
service cron stop
  1. Start the Crontab service. Enter the following command:
service cron start

The Crontab service has now been restarted. You can use the following command to check the status of the service:

service cron status

If the service has been started, you will see output like the following:

● cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC; 1h 30min ago

If the service is not started, you will see output similar to the following:

● cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)

If the service is not started, you can try restarting it. If the issue persists, checking the system log files or contacting the system administrator for assistance may be necessary.

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