Problem with EasySocial chron job
By Cheryl Viirand on Monday, 13 February 2017
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Hi, guys -

This is a repeat of my earlier ticket, because I didn't see how to securely provide the additional credentials Raymond requested and thought this would help us move things forward!

I'm having trouble setting up my chron job. I've followed your directions for my host (SiteGround), and entered this string:

/bin/wget -O /dev/null "http://yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&;cron=1"

I've tried replacing 'http://yoursite.com' both with and without 'https' and both with and without the 'www;' everything seems to give the same error. Please help me figure out the correct string: I was just about to go back to marketing the site when I discovered the problem!

Thanks!
Cheryl
Hi, Arlex & co!

We are up and running! Here is the response that I got back from Siteground, so that you can update your instructions on your site for other Siteground-hosted clients:

"I had to install the wget command in the chroot so your cPanel users can execute it.

Now you should simply use wget instead of /usr/bin/wget within your cron."

Thanks,
Cheryl
Cheryl Viirand
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Monday, 13 February 2017 21:51
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I already help you updated to use this following cron command, but it still hitting the same error :



/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "https://freedible.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cron=1"


/bin/bash: /usr/bin/wget: No such file or directory

Perhaps you can consult with siteground hosting regarding this and see what is the correct wget path?
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 13 February 2017 20:34
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Hi, Arlex-

I've submitted a tech support question on their site and will let you know what I learn. Thanks!

Cheryl
Cheryl Viirand
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Monday, 13 February 2017 20:54
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Thanks for updating Cheryl, glad that your issues are resolved now
Mark
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Monday, 13 February 2017 22:20
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