enable Cron on chkserv

Create a crond file under the chkservd.d directory where all the services files are placed:

# pico /etc/chkserv.d/crond

Add the following and save the file:

service[crond]=x,x,x,/etc/init.d/crond restart,crond,root

Now you need to edit the chkservd configuration file and enable the crond service for monitoring

# pico /etc/chkserv.d/chkservd.conf

add the following line at the end of the file

crond:1

Now, save the file and restart the chkservd service for the new changes to take affect:

# /scripts/restartsrv chkservd

In order to verify if chkservd auto-restarts the crond service if found offline, stop the service manually

# service crond stop

and watch the logs

# tail -f /var/log/chkservd.log

You will notice that the crond service is restarted automatically within 5 minutes.