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Running the Crond Service
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The cron and anacron jobs are both picked by the `crond` service. This section provides information on how to start, stop, and restart the `crond` service, and shows how to configure it to start automatically at boot time.
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Starting and Stopping the Cron Service
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To determine if the service is running, use the following command:
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[command]#systemctl status crond.service#
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To run the `crond` service in the current session, type the following at a shell prompt as `root`:
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[command]#systemctl start crond.service#
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To configure the service to start automatically at boot time, use the following command as `root`:
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[command]#systemctl enable crond.service#
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Stopping the Cron Service
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To stop the `crond` service in the current session, type the following at a shell prompt as `root`:
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[command]#systemctl stop crond.service#
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To prevent the service from starting automatically at boot time, use the following command as `root`:
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[command]#systemctl disable crond.service#
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Restarting the Cron Service
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To restart the `crond` service, type the following at a shell prompt as `root`:
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[command]#systemctl restart crond.service#
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This command stops the service and starts it again in quick succession.
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Configuring Anacron Jobs
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indexterm:[anacron,anacron configuration file]indexterm:[anacrontab]indexterm:[anacron,user-defined tasks]indexterm:[/var/spool/anacron] The main configuration file to schedule jobs is the `/etc/anacrontab` file, which can be only accessed by the `root` user. The file contains the following:
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