You can manually run:

# /sbin/init.d/cron start

As root and things should start up dandy. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP9000 Computer Systems discussion list 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tracy Pierce
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:58 AM
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> Subject: [HP9000-L] cron
> 
> neophyte sysop wants to know...
> 
> What's the proper way to initiate cron in HP-UX 11i?
> 
> Of course I found man cron which says
> Since cron never exits, it should be executed only once.  This is best
>       done by running cron from the initialization process 
> with the startup
>       script /sbin/init.d/cron (see init(1M)).
> 
> great there's the script, but where should it be invoked?  
> man init(1M) suggests /etc/inittab, but I don't see it in 
> there, and cron IS running...
> hpux11i:/ # ps -ef | grep cron
>     root  1211     1  0  Jan 17  ?        13:29 /usr/sbin/cron
>     root  3183  1535  0 08:55:07 pts/tl    0:00 grep cron
> hpux11i:/ #  
> 
> 
> 
> Tracy confused as usual Pierce
>