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Check if crontab is enabled?

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:05 pm
by phice
For whatever reason, both the crontab through root/ssh and on cpanel isn't being run, no matter what method I try to run a php file.

Could it be that the crontab is disabled? If so, how would I go about enabling it? Are there any other problems that might arise as to why it won't run a given php file?

Don

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:44 pm
by feyd
your host not being helpful with information?

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:49 am
by phice
It's a dedicated server. I don't care to overpay for support.

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:53 am
by Chris Corbyn
phice wrote:It's a dedicated server. I don't care to overpay for support.
Is "crond" running ?

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:25 am
by phice
Many thanks to d11wtq for helping me with what service to look for.

I followed the instructions on http://www.bscb.cornell.edu/computing/cron.php and it works perfectly now. Anyone looking to fix their crontab service should follow those instructions.