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cron is not active on mrau,nmckproc

If cron is not running, sometimes the named pipe /usr/lib/cron/FIFO must be deleted; the new cron process will recreate it:

> ps -ef | grep cron 
root 19907 16741 4 07:16:21 console 0:00 grep cron  
 
> /usr/sbin/cron 
cron aborted: cannot start cron; FIFO exists 
! cannot start cron; FIFO exists Tue Nov 20 07:17:25 2001 
! ******* CRON ABORTED ********  Tue Nov 20 07:17:25 2001 
 
> ls -al /usr/lib/cron/F* 
prw------- 1 root other 0 Nov 20 00:13 FIFO 
 
> rm /usr/lib/cron/FIFO 
 
> /usr/sbin/cron  
 
> ps -eaf |grep cron 
root 19930 16741 4 07:19:52 console 0:00 grep cron  
root 19927 1     0 07:19:43 ?       0:00 /usr/sbin/cron