Problem with cronjob

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3 total messages Started by Guest Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:18

#82

Author: Guest
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:18

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I have a cronjob under /etc/cron.d/test on a Debain Stretch system, which is supposed to launch a php script with the rights of the webserver.
This is the content:

*/5 * * * * /bin/su - www-data -s /bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/php /var/www/php/test.php'

So this is supposed to run every 5 minutes. The line itself on the cli does exactly what it should (so:
/bin/su - www-data -s /bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/php /var/spool/news/diym/diym/php/test.php'
 starts the script like it should). All the files are in place and accessible for the webserver.

But the cronjob does exactly nothing. wtf ? what do i miss ?
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Re: Problem with cronjob

#83

Author: Retro Guy@rsligh
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:08

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Guest wrote:

> I have a cronjob under /etc/cron.d/test on a Debain Stretch system, which is supposed to launch a php script with the rights of the webserver.
> This is the content:

> */5 * * * * /bin/su - www-data -s /bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/php /var/www/php/test.php'

> So this is supposed to run every 5 minutes. The line itself on the cli does exactly what it should (so:
> /bin/su - www-data -s /bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/php /var/spool/news/diym/diym/php/test.php'
>  starts the script like it should). All the files are in place and accessible for the webserver.

> But the cronjob does exactly nothing. wtf ? what do i miss ?
> Posted on def3

You might try '-l' to bash to "Make bash act as if it had been invoked as a login shell", so:

*/5 * * * * /bin/su - www-data -s /bin/bash -lc '/usr/bin/php /var/www/php/test.php'

This should provide the same environment as running from the command line.

Retro Guy

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