Setting Cronjob command
By Loupida on Thursday, 17 July 2014
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Hello,

Since some weeks Cronjob does not work anymore, i found it out just 3 days ago. Here is command i entered in Cpanel that executes cronjob every 5 minutes :

wget -q "https://www.site.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cron=true&phrase=XXXXXXXX"; , i just picked up the path above in Easysocial setting in joomla backend.

I also tried command mentioned in your documentation, so : /bin/wget -O /dev/null "https... but it does not work.

I already contacted my hosting provider, they confirmed that the command "wget -q" is fine.

Must i remove the secure key in the path ? I'm also wondering if this is because of SSL, so i'm wondering if i must replace https by http in the path...

I'd like know the right path. I'd appreciate any idea about command to enter. Server is running on Linux.

Regards.
Hello Loupida,

Sorry for late reply to this,
Can you try this following cron command and see how it goes?


wget -q "https://www.site.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cron=true";



//OR



/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "https://www.site.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cron=true";


If the result still the same, can you provide us with your Joomla backend and CPanel access so we can help you check on this?
Arlex Wong
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Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:28
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Hey, here's something funny. I just re installed joomla, easysocial etc. Just playing/learning...

I also noticed that my cron job was weird, not working correct. I noticed this in the cron email:

--2014-07-25 17:40:01-- http://site.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cron=true
Resolving site.com... 204.74.99.100
Connecting to site.com|204.74.99.100|:80... connected.

What the FU*&!!! Am I getting hacked?/?

Nope...

When using the example of the cron job, replace "site.com" with your actual domain name....

sigh... I'm such a noob...
Chris Mathis
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Saturday, 26 July 2014 13:33
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I used this and it works:

wget -O /dev/null "http://www.MyDomain.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cron=true";





Loupida wrote:

Hello,

Since some weeks Cronjob does not work anymore, i found it out just 3 days ago. Here is command i entered in Cpanel that executes cronjob every 5 minutes :

wget -q "https://www.site.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cron=true&phrase=XXXXXXXX"; , i just picked up the path above in Easysocial setting in joomla backend.

I also tried command mentioned in your documentation, so : /bin/wget -O /dev/null "https... but it does not work.

I already contacted my hosting provider, they confirmed that the command "wget -q" is fine.

Must i remove the secure key in the path ? I'm also wondering if this is because of SSL, so i'm wondering if i must replace https by http in the path...

I'd like know the right path. I'd appreciate any idea about command to enter. Server is running on Linux.

Regards.
Chris Mathis
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Sunday, 27 July 2014 01:24
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Hello Chris,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply as it is a weekend for us here. Thanks for updating, glad that your issues are resolved now.
Mark
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Sunday, 27 July 2014 02:06
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No no no.. I was all set, I posted my "totally noob" situation as I saw that someone else had a cron issue...

But thanks!
Chris Mathis
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Sunday, 27 July 2014 04:36
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the heads up on this Chris I thought you were still having some issues with the cronjob.
Mark
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Sunday, 27 July 2014 12:22
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