check process crond with pidfile /var/run/crond.pid group system group crond start program = "/etc/init.d/cron start" stop program = "/etc/init.d/cron stop" if 5 restarts with 5 cycles then timeout depend cron_bin depend cron_rc depend cron_spool check file cron_bin with path /usr/sbin/cron group crond include /etc/monit/templates/rootbin check file cron_rc with path "/etc/init.d/cron" group crond include /etc/monit/templates/rootbin check directory cron_spool with path /var/spool/cron/crontabs group crond if failed permission 1730 then unmonitor if failed uid root then unmonitor if failed gid crontab then unmonitor