(CRON) DEATH (can't lock /var/run/crond.pid, otherpid may be 206): Resource temporarily unavailable

错误代码：

[root@ec38d0ef77cb /]# systemctl status crond.service  -l                                                                                                                                                                      
● crond.service - Command Scheduler                                                                                                                                                                                            
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/crond.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)                                                                                                                                    
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-10-31 20:40:18 CST; 2min 24s ago                                                                                                                                          
  Process: 704 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/crond -n $CRONDARGS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)                                                                                                                                         
 Main PID: 704 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)                                                                                                                                                                                 

Oct 31 20:40:18 ec38d0ef77cb systemd[1]: Started Command Scheduler.                                                                                                                                                            
Oct 31 20:40:18 ec38d0ef77cb systemd[1]: Starting Command Scheduler...                                                                                                                                                         
Oct 31 20:40:18 ec38d0ef77cb crond[704]: crond: can't lock /var/run/crond.pid, otherpid may be 206: Resource temporarily unavailable                                                                                           
Oct 31 20:40:18 ec38d0ef77cb crond[704]: (CRON) DEATH (can't lock /var/run/crond.pid, otherpid may be 206): Resource temporarily unavailable                                                                                   
Oct 31 20:40:18 ec38d0ef77cb systemd[1]: crond.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE                                                                                                                     
Oct 31 20:40:18 ec38d0ef77cb systemd[1]: Unit crond.service entered failed state.                                                                                                                                              
Oct 31 20:40:18 ec38d0ef77cb systemd[1]: crond.service failed.                                                                                                                                                                 
Oct 31 20:42:10 ec38d0ef77cb systemd[1]: Unit crond.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.                                                                                                                         
Oct 31 20:42:16 ec38d0ef77cb systemd[1]: Unit crond.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.                                                                                                                         
Oct 31 20:42:29 ec38d0ef77cb systemd[1]: Unit crond.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.  

解决办法

docker中默认使用centos镜像，在该镜像中没有安装crond，通过yum安装成功后，crontab没有生效。
首先排查容器内 /etc/init.d/crond status 是否为running状态。

如果通过第一步还无法解决，参考下面的办法：
修改/etc/pam.d/crond文件，将其中的required改为sufficient，然后重启crond服务：/etc/init.d/crond restart （这一步可以解决）

参考
docker解决crontab无法生效的办法