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  • 1.  Command is respawning too rapidly: cron

    Posted Wed June 30, 2010 02:12 PM

    Originally posted by: CHPrjohnso


    Every couple of minutes an error log entry appears: Command is respawning too rapidly.

    Server is at AIX 5.3.11.3. Is this a problem with something running from cron or with cron itself?
    LABEL: INIT_RAPID
    Class: S
    Type: TEMP
    Resource Name: init
    Description
    SOFTWARE PROGRAM ERROR
    Probable Causes
    SOFTWARE PROGRAM
    User Causes
    PERFORMANCE DEGRADED
    SOFTWARE ERROR CODE
    Command is respawning too rapidly. Check for possible errors.
    id: cron "/usr/sbin/cron"
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  • 2.  Re: Command is respawning too rapidly: cron

    Posted Wed June 30, 2010 08:23 PM

    Originally posted by: shargus


    According to this errlog entry, "init" is complaining that /usr/sbin/cron (id "cron" in inittab) is respawning too rapidly.

    Try starting up /usr/sbin/cron manually at the command line, and see if it gives a meaningful error.
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  • 3.  Re: Command is respawning too rapidly: cron

    Posted Thu July 01, 2010 12:02 PM

    Originally posted by: CHPrjohnso


    I commented out cron in /etc/inittab, killed the current cron process, restarted it manually. However, it seemed to hang and did not return to the command line prompt when doing that.

    So, I killed that cron process and put things back in place in inittab. For whatever reason, it has not come back with the rapid spawn message in over three hours. Just watching it for now.

    Thanks
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