This is frustrating, I try:service crond statusAnd get this:Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status  crond.servicecrond.service - Command SchedulerLoaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/crond.service; enabled)Active: active (running) since Thu 2015-06-25 07:44:35 UTC; 1 months 21 days agoMain PID: 2557 (crond)CGroup: /system.slice/crond.service2557 /usr/sbin/crond -nAug 14 21:18:37 li958-202.members.linode.com crond[2557]: 2015-08-14 21:18:37 1ZQMLV-0004ER-HX User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the neve...ers listAug 14 21:18:37 li958-202.members.linode.com crond[2557]: 2015-08-14 21:18:37 1ZQMN3-0004ST-Nr User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the neve...ers listAug 15 21:18:19 li958-202.members.linode.com crond[2557]: 2015-08-15 21:18:19 1ZQip4-0005iq-BH User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the neve...ers listAug 15 21:18:19 li958-202.members.linode.com crond[2557]: 2015-08-15 21:18:19 1ZQiqJ-0005va-CF User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the neve...ers listAug 16 00:35:01 li958-202.members.linode.com crond[2557]: (CRON) OPENDIR FAILED (/var/spool/cron): No such file or directoryAug 16 01:49:57 li958-202.members.linode.com systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler.Aug 16 01:50:09 li958-202.members.linode.com systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler.Aug 16 02:08:01 li958-202.members.linode.com crond[2557]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support)Aug 16 02:09:01 li958-202.members.linode.com crond[2557]: (CRON) INFO (running with inotify support)Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable.Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.Then I have tried all these per searching on SO and elsewhere:kill -1 2557kill -HUP 2557service crond stopNOTHING works.  Can anyone help with this?
I cannot kill crond - trying to stop cron service
cron;kill;start stop daemon