Author Topic: cron job without cpanel?  (Read 11002 times)

Offline ProwlingTiger

cron job without cpanel?
« on: April 30, 2007, 01:49:13 am »
Can someone help me configure the cron job without cpanel?

Offline feeble

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2007, 07:30:47 am »
what are you using instead of cpanel?
screen shot of your cron area?
your webhost?

Offline ProwlingTiger

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2007, 11:49:39 am »

Offline feeble

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2007, 12:26:14 pm »
example of running a php in cron for dreamhost
/dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi /home/youruser/yourdomain.com/path-to-php5-script.php

just alter the /home/youruser/yourdomain.com/path-to-php5-script.php to the dointerest.php

and put it in command to run

Offline ProwlingTiger

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2007, 08:55:17 am »
My user as in my shell ftp user?

Offline feeble

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2007, 06:00:06 pm »
My user as in my shell ftp user?

if you go into your smf forums admin->server settings

under sources directory
just use whats in there and add "\shop\dointerest.php"
for example your cron would now be

/dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi /home/youruser/yourdomain.com/Sources/shop/dointerest.php

Offline ProwlingTiger

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2007, 06:42:01 am »
Okay so I dont replace the part where it says /youruser ? I just leave it alone? Or, do I use my forum user?

Offline feeble

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2007, 07:15:56 am »
Okay so I dont replace the part where it says /youruser ? I just leave it alone? Or, do I use my forum user?

just take a look, you should be able to tell
the source directory text area should start with /home... and so forth

Offline ProwlingTiger

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2007, 07:20:18 am »
Eh I getcha!

Offline Daniel15

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2007, 09:12:54 pm »
ProwlingTiger, did you solve this issue? Did the cron job end up working?

Offline ProwlingTiger

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2007, 06:54:26 am »
Unfortunately, no....

Offline Daniel15

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2007, 11:02:15 am »
Try contacting your host for support. Tell them you'd like to run Sources/shop/dointerest.php as a daily cronjob, and they should be able to help you :).

Offline ProwlingTiger

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2007, 12:49:10 am »
Ok thank you!

Offline p-chan

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2007, 04:51:56 pm »
Hihi..i followed the instructions given, but it doesn't seem to work cos there's no increase in the money put in the bank.. =(

Offline ProwlingTiger

Re: cron job without cpanel?
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2007, 06:23:26 am »
Yeah...I dont know why it doesnt work. I put in a support ticket to my host. Maybe I should just call em up...