crond.service has entered the 'failed' state due to missing files and incorrect permissions.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • crond service is failing to start after multiple attempts. Below issues have been reported in the logs.

    crond.service has entered the 'failed' state
crond.service: Failed to load environment files: No such file or directory
crond.service: Failed to run 'start' task: No such file or directory
crond.service: Failed with result 'resources'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All versions)
  • cronie

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