will centos 6 32bit not install cron by default ?

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Posted by ttgt, 08-23-2012, 12:19 AM
Hi, i reinstall three vps with centos 6 32bit to install cpanel dns only, after install csf,it notify my servers do not support cron, i check,it is really,and i manually to install cron for the three vps servers. 1. is it my problem ? or ? because cron is important,im not sure why it is not been installed by default. 2. will all the cronjob show under "crontab -e" ? because i worry i may lose some bronjob after install cron function manually. thanx
Posted by 'David, 08-23-2012, 12:41 AM
depends on the os template you have installed.
Posted by Hillockhosting, 08-24-2012, 01:50 AM
99% of the time cron is installed even if its a minimal version of OS You can check using /etc/init.d/crond status on status of cron
Posted by racknap1, 08-24-2012, 12:12 PM
Hi, It also depends upon your OS Template/Version, you may try with centos-6-x86_64
Posted by ttgt, 08-29-2012, 07:18 PM
it seems i find the problem, because i run cpanel dns only on my vps,and i remove mysql on the vps, i use "yum remove mysql" and i go to check the log Aug 25 23:05:11 Erased: MySQL-server Aug 25 23:19:03 Erased: sysstat Aug 25 23:19:04 Erased: cronie-anacron Aug 25 23:19:04 Erased: crontabs Aug 25 23:19:04 Erased: cronie Aug 25 23:19:04 Erased: exim it seems also remove cron,is it possible ? thanx
Posted by rcs, 08-29-2012, 08:10 PM
Look at the time the erase happend. It doesn't look like the remove mysql had anything to do with the cron remove. Must have been another command.
Posted by ttgt, 08-29-2012, 08:30 PM
i also think so,but i check my "history",i do not run other command,and this is happen on my three vps. thanx
Posted by racknap1, 08-30-2012, 11:34 AM
Hi, that commands >> "yum remove mysql" Erased: crontabs erasing mysql, removes its related jobs which you've configured in your cron, it doesn't remove cron utility.
Posted by barbus, 08-30-2012, 04:20 PM
By default minimal CentOS installation doesn't have cron. You should install it manually.
Posted by dareORdie, 08-30-2012, 05:26 PM
Hello, You can check whether cron is already installed or not on your VPS by service crond status. If not then try to install the cron as follows: yum -y install vixie-cron.x86_32 /sbin/service crond start /sbin/chkconfig crond on

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